Josiah Watney Injured in a Crash on November 30, 2021 in Reno County, Kansas

Josiah Farah Watney of Sterling, Kansas was injured on Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at 09:18 AM in Reno County, Kansas. Watney is a 18-year-old man.

The crash happened here: K-14 mile Maker 115.4 or 5 miles west of Nickerson on K-14.

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

Vehicle 1 [the 2012 Toyota Prius driven by Josiah Watney] was traveling north bound on K14 and went left of center striking Vehicle 2 [the 2022 Kenworth Commercial Vehicle driven by Phililp Williams] that was south bound on K14

Injuries

Watney's injuries were possible, including complaints of pain. Watney was taken by ambulance to Rice Co District Hospital.

Vehicle Damage

The police said the 2012 Toyota Prius with Kansas license plate number 716LDC damage was unknown. This vehicle was insured. Progressive insured this vehicle. This vehicle was removed by Lyons Wrecker Service.

How To Get the Highway Patrol Report

The Kansas Highway Patrol trooper with badge number K369 of the Kansas Highway Patrol wrote up the report. The highway patrol assigned report number 2021-014435 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.