Nolan Abernathy Injured in a Crash on December 29, 2021 in Morris County, Kansas

Nolan D Abernathy of Emporia, Kansas was injured on Wednesday, December 29, 2021 at 03:26 PM in Morris County, Kansas. Abernathy is a 19-year-old man.

The crash happened here: U.s. Highway 177 mile marker 80.25 or 0.1 miles south of Kansas Highway 4 on U.s. Highway 177.

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

Vehicle Two was Northbound on Kansas Highway 177 following a slow-moving tractor and another uninvolved vehicle. Vehicle One rear ended Vehicle Two. Driver One lost control of the vehicle, the vehicle rotated counterclockwise and was perpendicular to the roadway. Vehicle Three struck the passenger side of Vehicle One. Vehicle One and Vehicle Three came to rest in the West ditch. Vehicle 2 [the 2016 Chevy Malibu] was driven an short distance North and came to stop on the West shoulder.

Injuries

Abernathy's injuries were serious. Abernathy was taken by ambulance to Morris County.

Vehicle Damage

The police said the 2019 Gmc Canyon with Kansas license plate number 785MWU damage was unknown. This vehicle was insured. State Farm Mutual Auto insured this vehicle. This vehicle was removed by Bachura Family Automotive.

How To Get the Highway Patrol Report

The Kansas Highway Patrol trooper with badge number K479 of the Kansas Highway Patrol wrote up the report. The highway patrol assigned report number 2021-015664 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.