Austin Potts Injured in a Crash on April 05, 2022 in Sedgwick County, Kansas

Austin L Potts of Halstead, Kansas was injured on Tuesday, April 05, 2022 at 05:15 PM in Sedgwick County, Kansas. Potts is a 29-year-old man.

The crash happened here: K96 at milepost 291.7 west-bound; or approximately five tenths of a mile mile east of Hydraulic avenue on K96 in Wichita.

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

Vehicle 1 [the 2016 Ford Transit Commercial Van driven by Austin Potts] and Vehicle 2 [the 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe driven by Alejandra Hernandez-Delgado] were West-bound on K96 within milepost 291. Due to congested traffic, Vehicle 2 [the 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe driven by Alejandra Hernandez-Delgado] began braking to slow down. Vehicle 1 [the 2016 Ford Transit Commercial Van driven by Austin Potts] was behind Vehicle 2 [the 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe driven by Alejandra Hernandez-Delgado] and was unable to slow down enough prior to colliding with the rear of Vehicle 2 [the 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe driven by Alejandra Hernandez-Delgado]. Vehicle 2 [the 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe driven by Alejandra Hernandez-Delgado] then went off the roadway to the left, striking the KDOT cable fence before coming to a stop. Vehicle 1 [the 2016 Ford Transit Commercial Van driven by Austin Potts] came to a stop on the inside ditch.

Injuries

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

Vehicle Damage

The police said the 2016 Ford Transit Commercial Van with Kansas license plate number 769JTU damage was unknown. This vehicle was insured. Nationwide insured this vehicle. This vehicle was removed by Kens.

How To Get the Highway Patrol Report

The Kansas Highway Patrol trooper with badge number K480 of the Kansas Highway Patrol wrote up the report. The highway patrol assigned report number 2022-003927 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.