Carol Bussen Injured in a Crash on January 20, 2022 in Wallace County, Kansas

Carol Ann Bussen of Wallace, Kansas was injured on Thursday, January 20, 2022 at 08:00 AM in Wallace County, Kansas. Bussen is a 58-year-old woman.

The crash happened here: U40 milemarker 26.3 westbound or 10 miles east of Sharon Springs.

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

Vehicle 1 [the School Bus driven by Carol Bussen] was stopped at a stop sign at Pebble Road, awaiting to make a left hand turn on U40, proceeded to make the turn. Vehicle 2 [the 2014 Freightliner Truck driven by Thomas Powers] was westbound on U40. Vehicle 1 [the School Bus driven by Carol Bussen] pulled in front of Vehicle 2 [the 2014 Freightliner Truck driven by Thomas Powers]. Vehicle 2 [the 2014 Freightliner Truck driven by Thomas Powers] rear ended Vehicle 1 [the School Bus driven by Carol Bussen].

Injuries

Bussen's injuries were possible, including complaints of pain. Bussen was taken by ambulance to .

Vehicle Damage

The police said the School Bus with Kansas license plate number damage was unknown. This vehicle was insured. Kansas Educational Risk Pool insured this vehicle. The police also said, "No plate."

How To Get the Highway Patrol Report

The Kansas Highway Patrol trooper with badge number K53 of the Kansas Highway Patrol wrote up the report. The highway patrol assigned report number 2022-000761 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.