Andrew Vaughan Killed in a Crash on May 05, 2021 in Brown County, Kansas

Andrew S Vaughan of Falls City, Nebraska was killed on Wednesday, May 05, 2021 at 08:45 AM in Brown County, Kansas. Vaughan is a 36-year-old man.

The crash happened here: 300th Road and Horned Owl Rd, or six miles east of Morrill.

In the crash, Vaughan was a passenger. The police described the crash like this:

Vehicle 1 [the 2002 Buick Centruy driven by Martin Richbourg] was Northbound on Horned Owl Road. Vehicle 2 [the 2007 Acura MDX driven by Tad Alfrey] was Southbound on Horned Owl Road. Both vehicles approached a curve at the same time. Driver 2 [Tad Jeremy Alfrey] swerved to avoid Driver 1 [Martin Charles Richbourg] who was traveling Northbound in the Southbound lane. Both vehicles swerved and collided in the Northbound lanes.

Injuries

Vaughan's injuries were fatal. Vaughan was taken by ambulance to Chapel Oaks.

Vehicle Damage

The police said the 2002 Buick Centruy with Nebraska license plate number 19B647 damage was unknown. This vehicle was insured. State Farm insured this vehicle. This vehicle was removed by Morrill Collision.

How To Get the Highway Patrol Report

The Kansas Highway Patrol trooper with badge number K145 of the Kansas Highway Patrol wrote up the report. The highway patrol assigned report number 2021-005358 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.