Jeffrey Topham Injured in a Crash on October 10, 2022 in Butler County, Kansas

Jeffrey Allen Topham of Griswold, Iowa was injured on Monday, October 10, 2022 at 08:08 AM in Butler County, Kansas. Topham is a 69-year-old man.

The crash happened here: K254 milepost 11 westbound or K254 westbound 0.2 miles west of butler Road.

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

Vehicle 1 [the 2019 Ford Expedition driven by Jeffrey Topham] was traveling Westbound on K254 highway in the outside lane and struck the rear of vehicle 2[the 2009 GMC Magnavan driven by Gregory Eilert], which was also traveling Westbound in the outside lane. Vehicle 2 [the 2009 GMC Magnavan driven by Gregory Eilert] left the roadway after the impact, traveling into the North ditch and flipped onto its passenger side. Vehicle 1 [the 2019 Ford Expedition driven by Jeffrey Topham] came to a rest in the roadway blocking both Westbound lanes of travel.

Injuries

Topham's injuries were serious. Topham was taken by ambulance to Wesley Medical Center.

Vehicle Damage

The police said the 2019 Ford Expedition with Iowa license plate number ICX978 damage was unknown. This vehicle was insured. Safeco insured this vehicle. This vehicle was removed by Andover Towing And Recovery.

How To Get the Highway Patrol Report

The Kansas Highway Patrol trooper with badge number K474 of the Kansas Highway Patrol wrote up the report. The highway patrol assigned report number 2022-011393 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.