Posted April 09, 2023 11:09pm
(KAIR)--A Friday afternoon, three vehicle Atchison crash, sent one driver to the hospital.
According to a release from Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson, it happened around 4:15 in the 500 block of South U.S. Highway 73, where a northbound SUV was turning left into a business parking lot when it collided with a passenger car, southbound on the highway. An eastbound three-wheeled motorcycle, stopped at the parking lot stop sign, was struck following the collision of the car and SUV.
According to Wilson, the driver of the SUV, 74-year-old Atchison resident Bert Burton, was transported by Atchison County EMS for hospital treatment of his injuries.
The driver of the passenger car, 17-year-old James Stewart, Jr., of Atchison, was not hurt, but a passenger in his car was examined at the scene by EMS, but was not transported.
The motorcyclist, 58-year-old Derek Gillmore, of Atchison, was also examined at the scene by EMS, but did not require hospital treatment.