Andrew Gomes Killed in a Crash on May 17, 2022 in Wichita County, Kansas

Andrew Joseph Gomes of Scott City, Kansas was killed on Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at 04:55 PM in Wichita County, Kansas. Gomes is a 23-year-old man.

The crash happened here: County Road H and County Road 15, or 3 miles east of Ks-25.

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

Vehicle 1 [the 2001 Chevy Tahoe driven by Andrew Gomes] was Eastbound on County Road H. Vehicle 2 [the 2019 Dodge Ram 3500 driven by Landon Koehn] was Northbound on County Road 15. Vehicle 1 [the 2001 Chevy Tahoe driven by Andrew Gomes] failed to stop at the stop sign and yield the right of way to vehicle 2[the 2019 Dodge Ram 3500 driven by Landon Koehn]. Both vehicles impacted in the intersection, coming to a rest Northeast of the intersection.

Injuries

Gomes's injuries were fatal. Gomes was taken by ambulance to St. Catherines Hospital.

Vehicle Damage

The police said the 2001 Chevy Tahoe with Kansas license plate number 119HME damage was unknown. This vehicle was insured. Farm Bureau insured this vehicle. This vehicle was removed by Tlt Metal.

How To Get the Highway Patrol Report

The Kansas Highway Patrol trooper with badge number K-270 of the Kansas Highway Patrol wrote up the report. The highway patrol assigned report number 2022-005513 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.