The Kansas Department of Transportation has announced the regional and statewide winners of its 2019 Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day poster contest.

Northwest regional winners included Colt Raudis, age 7 of Hays, Jerome Beighler, age 9 of Phillipsburg and Peyton Gower, age 13, also of Phillipsburg. Each received a bicycle from the Kansas Turnpike Authority and helmet from Safe Kids Kansas. The prizes were awarded by representatives from KDOT and the Kansas Highway Patrol during presentations at the students’ schools.

Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day is a nationwide effort to increase roadway safety and reduce traffic fatalities. A total of 434 kids across Kansas, ages 5-13 took the time to think about traffic and participate in the contest, which is in its 18th year.

— KDOT