Mary Kleppe Killed in a Crash on August 13, 2021 in Brown County, Kansas

Mary J Kleppe of Hiawatha, Kansas was killed on Friday, August 13, 2021 at 11:26 AM in Brown County, Kansas. Kleppe is a 90-year-old woman.

The crash happened here: Walmart Parking Lot 701 Hopi Drive in Hiawatha.

In the crash, Kleppe was a pedestrian. The police described the crash like this:

Vehicle 1 [the 2014 Ford Explorer driven by Liberty Hasenohr] was turning north in the Walmart parking lot and struck pedestrian one.

Injuries

Kleppe's injuries were fatal. Kleppe was taken by ambulance to Hiawatha Community Hospital.

Vehicle Damage

The police said the 2014 Ford Explorer with Kansas license plate number 886MDM damage was unknown. This vehicle was insured. State Farm insured this vehicle.

How To Get the Highway Patrol Report

The Kansas Highway Patrol trooper with badge number K291 of the Kansas Highway Patrol wrote up the report. The highway patrol assigned report number 2021-009672 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.