ACCIDENTS

REPORTED

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

SHERIFF

150th Rd. west of Indigo Rd.

William M. Rogers, 65, rural Hillsboro, hit a deer at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 26 with his 1992 Honda Accord, which sustained disabling damage to its front third and undercarriage and was towed, according to one of seven reports released Friday.

K-15 north of 190th Rd.

Lesley P. Zoch, 48, Towanda, hit a deer at 8:19 p.m. Nov. 29 with his 2020 Buick Encore, which sustained disabling damage to its right front and undercarriage and was towed.

Nighthawk Rd. north of 110th Rd.

Nicole L. Williams, 23, Peabody, told a sheriff’s deputy that hitting a raccoon at 7:17 a.m. Nov. 30 caused disabling damage to the undercarriage and front third of her 2016 Nissan Sentra.

She and an unidentified other woman were waiting in a second car at a driveway to a wind turbine when part-time deputy Corey Unruh arrived nine minutes later. They already had arranged for the car to be towed.

The raccoon was not found, and Unruh’s report contains no indication that the car might have sustained additional damage by driving off the road.

US-77 north of 120th Rd.

Chad A. Willis, 46, Blue Rapids, hit a deer at 10:41 a.m. Dec. 1 with a 2016 GMC Acadia owned by Barbara J. Strong of a different Blue Rapids address.

The vehicle sustained disabling damage to its front third and was towed.

K-15 at 250th Rd.

Inattentive driving and improper passing were blamed for a wreck at 4 p.m. Dec. 2 in which a passing van was sideswiped by a farm implement turning left with its signal on.

The van, a 2016 Ford Transit owned by Alternative Air of Manhattan and driven by Jordan T. Day, 35, Junction City, remained drivable with damage along its right side.

The unspecified Allis-Chalmers implement, owned by Kevin Winter of rural Hillsboro and driven by Dana L. Wolford, 60, rural Durham, sustained damage characterized as minor to its left front.

No tickets were issued.

Sunflower Rd. north of 130th Rd.

Timothy P. Galliher, 65, Wichita, hit a deer at 5:58 p.m. Dec. 2 with his 2011 Hyundai Genesis, which sustained damage characterized as minor to its hood and right side.

US-56 east of Quail Creek Rd.

Brian X. Nguyen, 17, rural Marion, hit a deer at 6 p.m. Dec. 3 with his 2005 Dodge Dakota, which sustained disabling damage to its front, hood, and undercarriage and was towed.

MARION

Alleys between Main, Santa Fe, 1st and Walnut Sts.

Two vehicles collided at 5:21 p.m. Nov. 22 at the intersection of two alleys in the same block, according to a report released after deadline Dec. 3.

Officers Aaron Slater’s report blamed the wreck on driver Andrew A. Hansen, 54, Marion, failing to yield while driving north in a 1996 Ford Bronco owned by Hansen and David of Jackson, Wyoming.

The Bronco struck an eastbound 2013 Dodge Charger owned and driven by Cynthia A. Buckner, 54, Marion.

The Bronco remained drivable with damage to its left front. The Charger sustained disabling damage to its right front and was towed.

Passengers in the Bronco were identified as Staci L. Hansen, 53, Marion, and Jules V. Christian, 49, Jacksonville, Florida. Charger passengers were identified as Victor L. Bucker, 67, of the driver’s address and Daniel L. Bucker, 3, of a different Marion addresses.

Slater’s report states that Hansen told him he had been inching forward to check for traffic because a building blocked clear vision of the intersection.

However, Slater’s report states, a review of surveillance video from a camera on the building blocking view indicated Hansen made no attempt to slow down or inch toward the intersection.

Despite this conclusion, no tickets were listed as being issued.

300 block of E. Main St.

Improper backing was blamed in what was described as a hit-and-run accident involving two vehicles parked or attempting to park illegally at 9:25 a.m. Nov. 30, according to a report released after deadline Dec. 3.

Interim chief Zach Hudlin’s report blames driver Keri M. Collett, 36, Marion, for improperly backing her 2013 Toyota Sienna, which struck an illegally parked 2012 Nissan Maxima owned by Karissa R. Spence of rural Marion.

Both vehicles sustained damage characterized as minor to their right sides.

The report, which at one point contradicts itself about which vehicle was parked and which was being driven, offers no explanation for why the accident was classified as a hit and run.

No tickets were listed as being issued.

Collett is married to Marion City Council member Zach Collett.

US-56 west of Timber Rd.

Kolten E. Robinson, 16, Burlington, was taken by Marion ambulance to NMC Health, formerly Newton Medical Center after his westbound 2014 Mitsubishi Lancer hit at deer at 11:42 p.m. Friday, veered off the road to the right, and smashed into a tree nearly 300 feet into a field,

The car, listed on officer Aaron Slater’s report as destroyed, was owned by Jeremy C. Robinson of rural Goessel, whose home the driver told Slater he was driving to visit.