Posted January 02, 2025 05:11am
(KNZA)--An early Wednesday evening two-vehicle Jackson County crash sent five people to the hospital.
The Kansas Highway Patrol says it happened shortly after 6:00 at the junction of U.S. 75 Highway and 158th Road, near Mayetta.
According to the KHP report, a SUV driven by 83-year-old Maria Flores, of Eagle Pass, Texas, was westbound on 158th Road when she failed to yield to a southbound van on U.S. 75 driven by 56-year-old Larry Vanvleck, of St. Mary's, and her SUV was struck by the van.
Flores and two passengers in her vehicle, along with Vanvleck and a passenger in his vehicle, were all transported to Topeka's Stormont-Vail Hospital.
The Patrol says one of the passenger's in the Flores vehicle, 57-year-old Maria Gonzalez, of Eagle Pass, Texas, suffered suspected serious injuries. All the other occupants suffered suspected minor injuries.