ACCIDENTS

REPORTED

These accident reports were released this past week by law enforcement agencies:

SHERIFF

US-50 east of Turkey Creek Rd.

A 2013 Volkswagen Jetta owned and driven by Max W. Landy, 27, St. Paul, Minnesota, sustained disabling damage to its right front and undercarriage after hitting a raccoon at 11:30 p.m. June 15 and was towed.

Sophia L. Hail, 27, Stillwater, Minnesota, was a passenger at the time.

K-15 north of 140th Rd.

Allie A. Zook, 32, Abilene, hit a deer at 1:13 p.m. June 18 with her 2014 Dodge Durango.

The sport-utility vehicle sustained disabling damage to its hood, undercarriage, and front third and was towed.

Passengers were listed as Bently Cloud, Luke Lester, and Ethan Wilson, all of the same address. Without required justification, their ages were redacted by the sheriff’s department from the open, public record of the wreck.

US-50 east of Pawnee Rd.

Accidentally bumping her 2025 Honda Civic’s automatic-drive steering wheel while picking up a dropped beverage at 1:33 p.m. Thursday sent Alexis D. Hernandez, 20, Lawrence, and her car careering off the road to the left and into a barbed-wire fence.

The hood, truck, undercarriage, and entire driver’s side of the car, owned by Jennifer M. Perez Mijares of Wichita, were damaged, but it remained drivable.

HILLSBORO

700 block of W. C St.

A 2020 Freightliner Cascadia semi-trailer truck owned by Penske Truck Leasing of Reading, Pennsylvania, and driven by Adrian A. Becerra, 25, Wichita, snagged and tore loose an overhead BrightSpeed service cable at 1:56 p.m. June 18.

Kaliyah A. Leggio of a different Wichita address was a passenger in the semi, which reportedly was not damaged.

MARION

Main St. west of 2nd St.

Jacob A. Howe, 23, Ramona, was ticketed for improper towing after a trailer he was pulling with a 2015 Ford F-150 broke free at 3:50 p.m. June 12 and slammed into a legally parked 2021 Chevrolet Equinox, according to an accident report released Monday, 12 days after the wreck.

Howe told officer Kaylan Miles that the trailer became disconnected after he hit a bump while eastbound at 1st and Main Sts.

Safety chains were looped over the pickup’s trailer hitch but not secured to the pickup, Miles’ report states.

The Chevy, owned by Thea Marston of rural Canton, sustained damage to its entire passenger side and undercarriage but remained drivable.

Three others were in the pickup, owned by George L. Thiel of a different Ramona address.

They were identified as infant Destiny Howe and 15-year-old Cameron Howe of Jacob Howe’s address and 17-year-old Parker Holmes of Herington.