Jaylan Vela Injured in a Crash on March 24, 2022 in Finney County, Kansas

Jaylan Vela of Garden City, Kansas was injured on Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 08:08 AM in Finney County, Kansas. Vela is a 9-year-old girl.

The crash happened here: 2500 Block of W Maple or 2 tenths of a mile west of Vfw Road on Maple Road.

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

Vehicle 2 [the 2017 Blue Bird School Bus driven by Nicholas Neathery] was stopped on the roadway with the stop sign out and flashers on preparing to pick up a pedestrian when Vehicle 1 [the 2019 Chrysler 300 driven by Brittany Garcia] hit the rear of the bus. Driver and six passengers on the bus were not injured. The pedestrian was not injured.

Injuries

Vela's injuries were minor. Vela was taken by ambulance to St Catherines.

Vehicle Damage

The police said the 2019 Chrysler 300 with Kansas license plate number 2THICC damage was unknown. This vehicle was insured. Shelter Mutual insured this vehicle. This vehicle was removed by Piland Wrecking. It was taken to Lot.

How To Get the Highway Patrol Report

Trooper 379 of the Kansas Highway Patrol wrote up the report. The highway patrol assigned report number 2022-003464 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.