Automobile Accidents | InjuryBoard Topeka

A three-vehicle crash in Riley County early this morning left three people injured. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol two of the three people injured were seriously hurt and required immediate medical attention. At approximately 6:30 am today, Bruce Stroud, 32, of St. Francis, was driving a 1984 Toyota truck south on K-18 highway when he tried to make a left turn onto Walnut Street at...

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Five people, including two toddlers and three adults were killed in Osage County, Kansas on Friday after two vans collided head-on. The accident occured on K-268, just east of US-75 highway. At this point, the only known survivor of the tragedy is a 5-year-old boy who was rescued by emergency services and sent to a hospital in Topeka, Kansas with non-life threatening injuries. The Kansas...

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A dangerous intersection in North Topeka has claimed another victim as a man riding his bicycle was involved in a hit and run accident late Tuesday evening. Authorities have yet to identify the man, who suffer severe head injuries, but have confirmed that the incident took place in the 1300 block of N.W. Harrision. Apparently, a vehicle traveling northbound veered across the southbound lanes of...

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A rash of motorcylce accidents left one person dead and two others seeking medical treatment on Sunday. William John Moser, 57, a resident of Liberty, Mo, was killed in Leavenworth County when he lost control of his motorcycle and slid under an oncoming vehicle. The accident occured on Kansas Highway 5 at approximately 4:40 p.m. Authorities say that Moser, who had just purchased the the...

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A woman from Lawrence was hurt in a car accident on I-70. The 49-year-old woman driver of the car started to leave the road and tried to get back on when she overcorrected and ended up driving off the road and flipping the car. The accident occurred shortly after 1 p.m. Friday about two miles east of the Topeka service station, or about 10 miles west of Lawrence.It is believed she was wearing...

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Topeka, Kansas -- Several U.S.D. 501 students suffered injuries Monday morning when a vehicle ran a red light and crashed into their school bus. The driver of the school bus and three children were treated for minor injuries following the accident which occured near the corner of S.W. 6th and Washburn. Fortunately, the school bus had just begun its morning route and had not picked up many...

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A man was killed late Monday night when he drove over the center line on Kansas Highway 4 and was hit by another vehicle. John Michael Nunn, age 43, was driving his 1991 Honda Accord in the southbound lane. He was hit by a 2003 Ford pickup truck that was going north. The driver of the pickup truck Thomas J. Henniger, age 71, was injured and taken to St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. He is in...

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Local law enforcement continues to search for a vechile involved in a hit-and-run accident last week. Topeka police have determined that a 1990s model Chevrolet van or van-type vehicle was involved in death of Eric Schneider, 53, of Topeka, last week. The department's Accident Reconstruction Unit is continuing to investigate the accident that killed Schneider. Scheider was found lying in the...

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The intersection of US-59 and K-16 highways was the scence of fatal accident yesterday. Nathan High O'Neill (21)was pronounced dead at the scene after the motorcyle he was riding sturck the back end of a semitrailer. Tha accident occured about 10:34 a.m. when O'Neill, a Winchester native, was driving his motorcyle northbound on US-59 and merged to the southbound lanes to yield to a...

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Fox News has recently reported that more than 1.5 million Americans are injured every year by drug errors in hospitals, nursing homes and doctor's offices. That number has the potential to be even higher if patients' own medication mix-ups were added to the mix. A staggering report from Instiute of Medicine has called for major steps to increase patient safety when dealing prescription drugs. ...

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A Topeka resident was killed recently when the pickup he was riding in was struck by another car on US-75 about nine miles south of Holton. The driver of the other car, a Mayetta woman, was headed east on 158th road and failed to yeild to the pickup, according to authorities. The driver of the pickup, the driver of the other car, and a passenger of the other car were all taken to the hospital...

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