JEFFERSON COUNTY (KSNT) – Several people were hurt in a crash northeast of Topeka Monday morning.
Jefferson County Sheriff Tim Bacon said the crash occurred shortly after 11:45 a.m. on Nov. 2 at the intersection of K-4 Highway and Northeast 31st Street along the Jefferson-Shawnee County line. He told 27 News five people were injured in the two-vehicle crash.
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Troopers with the Kansas Highway Patrol later issued an update, stating the crash involved a 2006 GMC Sierra and a 2006 Lexus GX. KHP staff only list four victims involved with this crash, three of whom were seriously injured.
KHP personnel said the driver of the GMC was traveling east on K-4 Highway while the Lexus driver was heading west on K-4 Highway. The driver of the GMC allegedly failed to yield to the Lexus while trying to turn west to get onto Northeast 31st Street. Both vehicles collided in a head-on crash, coming to a stop in the west ditch of K-4 Highway.
KHP staff said the driver of the GMC, a 76-year-old Topeka man, was seriously injured. The driver of the Lexus, a 67-year-old Valley Falls man, and a passenger, a 64-year-old Valley Falls woman, were also seriously injured while a second passenger of the Lexus, a 12-year-old Valley Falls girl, had minor injuries. The driver of the Lexus and the 12-year-old passenger did not have seat belts on at the time of the crash.
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