Jose Ortega-Soto Injured in a Crash on May 01, 2021 in Seward County, Kansas

Jose M Ortega-Soto of Liberal, Kansas was injured on Saturday, May 01, 2021 at 12:30 AM in Seward County, Kansas. Ortega-Soto is a 16-year-old boy.

The crash happened here: U54 Loves Truck Stop or just east of the City Limits of Liberal.

In the crash, Ortega-Soto was a driver. The police described the crash like this:

Vehicle 2 [the 2020 Freightliner driven by Jeffery Scarlett] was east bound on U54. Vehicle 1 [the 2020 Kia Forte driven by Jose Ortega-Soto] made a right hand turn out of the Truck stop and struck Vehicle 2 [the 2020 Freightliner driven by Jeffery Scarlett] head on.

Injuries

Ortega-Soto's injuries were serious. Ortega-Soto was taken by ambulance to South West Medical.

Vehicle Damage

The police said the 2020 Kia Forte with Kansas license plate number 231NPY damage was unknown. This vehicle was insured. Progressive Direct Insurance insured this vehicle. This vehicle was removed by Allstate Towing.

How To Get the Highway Patrol Report

The Kansas Highway Patrol trooper with badge number K481 of the Kansas Highway Patrol wrote up the report. The highway patrol assigned report number 2021-005203 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.