ATCHISON COUNTY — Two people were injured in an accident just after 5a.m. Sunday in Atchinson County.

A Jackson County Sheriff’s Deputy attempted to stop a 2004 Saturn Ion driven by Robert Neal Kirk, Jr. 56, Topeka, in the area of 254th Road. and US Highway 75  for traffic infractions, according to Shawnee County Sheriff Tim Morse.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a Jackson County Kansas deputy was eastbound on Kansas 9 Highway three miles north of Muscotah in pursuit of a 2004 Saturn Ion driven by Robert Neal Kirk, Jr., 56, Topeka.

The vehicle continued north on W Road to K-9 Highway then east through the city of Whiting and east into Atchison County. The driver failed to negotiate the curves at 159 Highway and continued east off the road and rolled and came to rest on its top. 

EMS transported Kirk to the hospital in Hiawatha. EMS transported a passenger Ronald E. Snowberger, 49, St. George to the Atchison Hospital.

Both were properly restrained at the time of the accident.  The incident remains under investigation, according to Morse.

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