Tristan Ward Injured in a Crash on April 10, 2021 on the Kansas Turnpike

Tristan Tayler Ward of Platte City, Missouri was injured on Saturday, April 10, 2021 at 02:02 PM on the Kansas Turnpike. Ward is a 23-year-old man.

The crash happened here: I470 185 Eb (Shawnee County).

In the crash, Ward was a driver. The police described the crash like this:

Vehicle 1 [the 2016 VOLKSWAGON PASSAT driven by Tristan Ward] and Vehicle 2 [the 2020 KENWORTH DIESEL driven by Kader Farah] were i70 eb mm 185 in lane #3. Vehicle 1 [the 2016 VOLKSWAGON PASSAT driven by Tristan Ward] collided with rear of Vehicle 2 [the 2020 KENWORTH DIESEL driven by Kader Farah].

Injuries

Ward's injuries were minor. Ward was taken by ambulance to Stormont Vail.

Vehicle Damage

The police said the 2016 Volkswagon Passat with Kansas license plate number D2639AR damage was unknown. This vehicle was insured. PROGRESSIVE insured this vehicle. This vehicle was removed by Shawnee Auto.

How To Get the Highway Patrol Report

The Kansas Highway Patrol trooper with badge number K517 of the Kansas Highway Patrol wrote up the report. The highway patrol assigned report number 2021-004357 to this crash. The KSHP charges $5.00 for each copy of the report plus additional fees of $2.00 for each witness statement. But you can call 877-925-1969 to request a free copy of the report. In order to get the report through the KSHP website, you must create a Kansas.gov account and give them your credit card. You must agree to be subject to Kansas Statute 45-230: Unlawful Use of Names Derived from Public Records. This statute imposes on those subject to it "a civil penalty in an action brought by the attorney general or county or district attorney" of up to "$500 for each violation." Further, unless you qualify under the Federal Driver's Privacy Protection Act, the report you get will have important and necessary information such as photographs, social security numbers, driver license numbers, names, addresses and telephone numbers redacted (blacked out).

The information in this article came from the Kansas Highway Patrol website.