Nicolas Tompkins Injured in a Crash on December 17, 2021 in Reno County, Kansas

Nicolas V Tompkins II of Cookeville, Tennessee was injured on Friday, December 17, 2021 at 05:35 PM in Reno County, Kansas. Tompkins is a 45-year-old man.

The crash happened here: K14 115.4 southbound or 2 miles south of Sterling on K14.

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

Vehicle 1 [the 2012 Mitsubishi Eclipse driven by Nicolas Tompkins] was traveling southbound on K14 at a high rate of speed. For an unknown reason, it went left of center, overcorrected and entered the west ditch striking an embankment.

Injuries

Tompkins's injuries were minor. Tompkins was taken by ambulance to Hutchinson Regional Medical Center.

Vehicle Damage

The police said the 2012 Mitsubishi Eclipse with Tennessee license plate number 7M76V5 damage was unknown. This vehicle was insured. State Farm insured this vehicle. This vehicle was removed by Lyons Wrecker.

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 2021-015187 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.