Plliana Mupenzi Killed in a Crash on June 08, 2021 in Finney County, Kansas

Plliana Mupenzi of Garden City, Kansas was killed on Tuesday, June 08, 2021 at 03:14 PM in Finney County, Kansas. Mupenzi is a 5-year-old girl.

The crash happened here: US-50 mile marker 80.6 eastbound or 10 miles east of the US-50 US-83 east Junction.

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

Vehicle 1 [the 2012 Ford Edge driven by Marcial Medina-Garcia] drove left of center, striking vehicle 2 in a side swiping motion. Vehicle 2 [the 2009 Chevy Traverse driven by Juliana Furaha] went into the westbound ditch. Vehicle 1 [the 2012 Ford Edge driven by Marcial Medina-Garcia] bounced off vehicle 2 and struck vehicle 3, driver side to driver side. Both vehicles came to a rest on the westbound shoulder.

Injuries

Mupenzi's injuries were fatal. Mupenzi was taken by ambulance to St. Catherine Hospital.

Vehicle Damage

The police said the 2009 Chevy Traverse with Kansas license plate number 037PAG damage was unknown. This vehicle was insured. Progressive Insurance insured this vehicle. This vehicle was removed by Piland Wrecking.

How To Get the Highway Patrol Report

The Kansas Highway Patrol trooper with badge number K331 of the Kansas Highway Patrol wrote up the report. The highway patrol assigned report number 2021-006817 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.