Dylan Chastain Injured in a Crash on July 15, 2023 in Chase County, Kansas

Dylan Eugene Chastain of Saginaw, Texas was injured on Saturday, July 15, 2023 at 12:56 PM in Chase County, Kansas. Chastain is a 18-year-old man.

The crash happened here: US-50 at mile Post 326 eastbound or three tenths of a mile miles east of Ks-177 and US-50 Junction in Chase County.

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

Vehicle 1 [the 2015 Nissan Frontier driven by Dylan Chastain] was headed Eastbound on US-50 at mile marker 326.9 and vehicle 2[the 2018 Freightliner Tractor driven by Mihail Wendt] was traveling Westbound on US-50 at mile marker 326.9. Vehicle 1 [the 2015 Nissan Frontier driven by Dylan Chastain] attempted to pass a semi truck in a no passing zone. Vehicle 1 [the 2015 Nissan Frontier driven by Dylan Chastain] entered the Westbound lane on US-50. Both vehicle 1[the 2015 Nissan Frontier driven by Dylan Chastain] and vehicle 2[the 2018 Freightliner Tractor driven by Mihail Wendt] collided in the West bound lane.

Injuries

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

Vehicle Damage

The police said the 2015 Nissan Frontier with Texas license plate number SBH9118 damage was unknown. This vehicle was insured. Farmers Insurance insured this vehicle. This vehicle was removed by Flint Hills Towing Inc.

How To Get the Highway Patrol Report

The Kansas Highway Patrol trooper with badge number K521 of the Kansas Highway Patrol wrote up the report. The highway patrol assigned report number 2023-007554 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.