Christian Koch Injured in a Crash on November 26, 2021 in Thomas County, Kansas

Christian J Koch of Oakley, Kansas was injured on Friday, November 26, 2021 at 09:47 AM in Thomas County, Kansas. Koch is a 18-year-old man.

The crash happened here: 4 tenths of a mile east of US 83 on County Road E. alt Location approximately 5 mile north of US/40 2800 Block of County Road E.

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

Vehicle 1 [the 1997 Dodge Pickup driven by Christian Koch] (Green Dodge Dakota) was eastbound on County Road E. Vehicle 2 [the 2018 Chevrolet Silverado Pickup driven by Kristy Eberle] (Silver Chevy Silverado) was westbound on County Road E. At this time, for an unknown reason, Vehicle 1 [the 1997 Dodge Pickup driven by Christian Koch] and Vehicle 2 [the 2018 Chevrolet Silverado Pickup driven by Kristy Eberle] collided head-on.

Injuries

Koch's injuries were serious. Koch was taken by ambulance to Via Christi, Wichita Ks.

Vehicle Damage

The police said the 1997 Dodge Pickup with Kansas license plate number 691NZL damage was unknown. This vehicle was insured. Buckeye State Mutual insured this vehicle. This vehicle was removed by Mels Motors Oakley.

How To Get the Highway Patrol Report

The Kansas Highway Patrol trooper with badge number K-204 of the Kansas Highway Patrol wrote up the report. The highway patrol assigned report number 2021-014277 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.