Melissa Eby Injured in a Crash on May 15, 2021 in Sedgwick County, Kansas

Melissa Eby of Wichita, Kansas was injured on Saturday, May 15, 2021 at 05:38 AM in Sedgwick County, Kansas. Eby is a 36-year-old woman.

The crash happened here: Interstate 135 northbound at mile marker 3.3 or four tenths of a mile miles south of Pawnee.

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

Vehicle 1 [the 2006 Ford Ranger driven by Travis Howard], Vehicle 2 [the 2015 Nissan Rogue driven by Teresa Ponce] Vehicle 3 [the 2006 Saturn Ion driven by Melissa Eby] & Vehicle 4 [the 2019 Toyota Rav-4 driven by Canh Tran] were Northbound on I135 near milepost 3. Vehicle 2 [the 2015 Nissan Rogue driven by Teresa Ponce] came to a stop in lane 1 due to two separate crashes in front of them. Vehicle 1 [the 2006 Ford Ranger driven by Travis Howard] was behind Vehicle 2 [the 2015 Nissan Rogue driven by Teresa Ponce] in lane 1 and swerved to the left to avoid Vehicle 2 [the 2015 Nissan Rogue driven by Teresa Ponce]. Vehicle 1 [the 2006 Ford Ranger driven by Travis Howard] lost control and & swerved to the right colliding with Vehicle 3 [the 2006 Saturn Ion driven by Melissa Eby] & Vehicle 4 [the 2019 Toyota Rav-4 driven by Canh Tran] in lane 2.

Injuries

Eby's injuries were minor. Eby was taken by ambulance to Wesley Medical.

Vehicle Damage

The police said the 2006 Saturn Ion with Kansas license plate number 717NCS damage was unknown. This vehicle was removed by Happy Hooker.

How To Get the Highway Patrol Report

The Kansas Highway Patrol trooper with badge number K480 of the Kansas Highway Patrol wrote up the report. The highway patrol assigned report number 2021-005774 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.