Valerie Hamilton Injured in a Crash on August 31, 2022 in Cloud County, Kansas

Valerie A Hamilton of Scandia, Kansas was injured on Wednesday, August 31, 2022 at 08:18 PM in Cloud County, Kansas. Hamilton is a 49-year-old woman.

The crash happened here: US-81 205 northbound or US-81 1 mile north of Concordia, Ks northbound.

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

Vehicle 2 [the 2016 Chevy Colorado driven by Valerie Hamilton] was traveling Northbound on US-81 in the left hand lane when they were struck by vehicle 1[the 2020 Honda Civic driven by Haley Johnson-Collins] in the rear. Vehicle 2 [the 2016 Chevy Colorado driven by Valerie Hamilton] overturned, came to rest in the Southbound lanes of travel and vehicle 1[the 2020 Honda Civic driven by Haley Johnson-Collins] came to a stop in the median.

Injuries

Hamilton's injuries were minor. Hamilton was taken by ambulance to Salina Regional Health Center.

Vehicle Damage

The police said the 2016 Chevy Colorado with Kansas license plate number 325NXS damage was unknown. This vehicle was insured. Progressive insured this vehicle. This vehicle was removed by Budreau Muffler.

How To Get the Highway Patrol Report

The Kansas Highway Patrol trooper with badge number K-325 of the Kansas Highway Patrol wrote up the report. The highway patrol assigned report number 2022-009805 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.