Kenneth Graves Injured in a Crash on June 08, 2021 in Harvey County, Kansas

Kenneth R. Graves of Newton, Kansas was injured on Tuesday, June 08, 2021 at 12:47 PM in Harvey County, Kansas. Graves is a 24-year-old man.

The crash happened here: I135 at milepost 24.4 in the Median or approximately 4 miles south of NEwton.

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

Vehicle was North-bound on I135 in the outside lane. Vehicle had a sudden tire failure on axel #1, left-side. Driver lost control of the vehicle. Vehicle swerved to the left and over-turned in the inside lane. Vehicle slid across the inside shoulder and came to rest in the median.

Injuries

Graves's injuries were serious. Graves was taken by ambulance to St Francis.

Vehicle Damage

The police said the 2004 Mack Truck with Kansas license plate number 510048 damage was unknown. This vehicle was insured. Continental Western insured this vehicle. This vehicle was removed by Auto House.

How To Get the Highway Patrol Report

The Kansas Highway Patrol trooper with badge number K423 of the Kansas Highway Patrol wrote up the report. The highway patrol assigned report number 2021-006810 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.