Matthew Bates Injured in a Crash on December 28, 2021 in Labette County, Kansas

Matthew D Bates of Bentonville, Arkansas was injured on Tuesday, December 28, 2021 at 04:29 PM in Labette County, Kansas. Bates is a 49-year-old man.

The crash happened here: Trego Rd & U166 or U166 at milepost 131.4 westbound.

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

Vehicle 1 [the 2006 Ford Expedition driven by Jennifer Bliss] and Vehicle 2 [the 2005 Ford F350 driven by David Bates] were both Westbound on U166. Vehicle 2 [the 2005 Ford F350 driven by David Bates] was slowing to make a right hand turn onto Trego Rd. Vehicle 1 [the 2006 Ford Expedition driven by Jennifer Bliss] failed to yield for Vehicle 2 [the 2005 Ford F350 driven by David Bates]. Vehicle 1 [the 2006 Ford Expedition driven by Jennifer Bliss] struck the rear end of Vehicle 2 [the 2005 Ford F350 driven by David Bates].

Injuries

Bates's injuries were minor. Bates was taken by ambulance to Freeman.

Vehicle Damage

The police said the 2005 Ford F350 with Arkansas license plate number B249767 damage was unknown. This vehicle was insured. State Farm insured this vehicle. This vehicle was removed by Bales. The police said they do not know where the vehicle was taken.

How To Get the Highway Patrol Report

The Kansas Highway Patrol trooper with badge number K23 of the Kansas Highway Patrol wrote up the report. The highway patrol assigned report number 2021-015626 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.