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3 Kan. women hospitalized after 3-vehicle work zone crash

GEARY COUNTY – Three Kansas woman were injured in an accident just before 3:30p.m. on Tuesday in Geary County.The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2003 Jeep Wrangler driven by Christopher Cody Stapp, 31, El Dorado, was southbound on U.S. 77 six miles south of Junction City.

The driver failed to stop and rear-ended a 2012 Toyota Camry driven by Darlene M. Kleist, 44, Herington, which was stopped in traffic waiting for a pilot car to proceed thru a work zone.

The Camry was spun counterclockwise and collided with 2003 Cadillac CTS driven by Dicy Elizabeth Albrecht, 37, Herington, also stopped waiting in the work zone.

Kleist, Albrecht, and a passenger in the Camry Lois A. Kleist, 71, Herington, were transported to Geary County Hospital.

Stapp and a teen passenger in the Cadillac were not injured.

All were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.

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