Posted July 03, 2023 10:29am
(KAIR)--A Friday afternoon, two vehicle crash in Wyandotte County sent two Leavenworth residents to the hospital.
Injured were 49-year-old Darcie Grandstaff, the driver of a Chevy Silverado pickup truck, and 18-year-old Maikell Clark, driver of a Honda Accord, with both transported to the University of Kansas Hospital, in Kansas City, Kansas.
According to a report from the Kansas Highway Patrol, Clark was not buckled up at the time of the noon-hour wreck, and suffered a suspected serious injury. Grandstaff, who was wearing a seatbelt, suffered a suspected minor injury in the wreck.
According to the KHP, both vehicles were in the southbound lane of K7 Highway when Grandstaff, in a construction zone, initiated a U-turn to head north, in the northbound lane. As she did, Clark's car collided with her truck as Grandstaff was completing the U-turn.
The wreck happened around 12:40 Friday afternoon.