RUSSELL COUNTY- One teen injured in Thursday morning’s accident in Russell County died. David R Devereaux, 18, Enid, OK., was flown to Via Christi following the accident on U.S. 281 in Russell County, a mile north of the Barton County line.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported Devereaux died Thursday evening.
Four others were injured in the accident.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix driven by Bryan S. Hladik, 19, Enid, OK., was southbound on U.S. 281 a mile north of the Barton County line.
The Grand Prix traveled left of center and struck a northbound 2011 Chevy pickup driven by Shawn A. Ernst, 38, Byers.
The pickup entered the east ditch and rolled.
Hladik and one passenger in the Pontiac David R. Devereaux were transported to a hospital Wichita.
Ernst was transported to the hospital in Salina. A third passenger in the Pontiac Larry W. Bell, 18, Enid, OK.,
and a passenger in the pickup Clarence R. Messick, 54, St. John, were transported to the hospital in Russell.
Devereaux was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.
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RUSSELL COUNTY- Five people were injured in an accident just after 7 a.m. on Thursday in Russell County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix driven by Bryan S. Hladik, 19, Enid, OK., was southbound on U.S. 281 a mile north of the Barton County line.
The Grand Prix traveled left of center and struck a northbound 2011 Chevy pickup driven by Shawn A. Ernst, 38, Byers.
The pickup entered the east ditch and rolled.
Hladik and one passenger in the Pontiac David R. Devereaux,18, Enid, OK., were transported to a hospital Wichita.
Ernst was transported to the hospital in Salina.
A third passenger in the Pontiac Larry W. Bell, 18, Enid, OK., and a passenger in the pickup Clarence R. Messick, 54, St. John, were transported to the hospital in Russell.
Devereaux was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.
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RUSSELL COUNTY–Kansas Highway Patrol troopers are investigating a two-vehicle head-on injury crash on U.S. Highway 281 11 miles south of Russell that happened about 7:15 a.m. Thursday.
According to Trooper Tod Hileman, the vehicles involved are a 2000 Pontiac four-door passenger car and a 2011 Chevy pick-up.
Two male subjects in the Pontiac were flown to a Wichita hospital and a third taken to Russell Regional Hospital. The driver of the pick-up was taken to the Salina hospital and a passenger to Russell Regional.