Posted June 30, 2021 10:41am
(KNZA)--A Tuesday evening two-vehicle Jackson County wreck sent a Georgia woman to the hospital.
The Kansas Highway Patrol says it happened shortly before 7:30 on U.S. 75 Highway at 162nd Road near Mayetta.
The Patrol reports 24-year-old Anthony Lee, of Topeka, was driving a Fed Ex truck westbound on 162nd Road when he failed to yield at a stop sign and was struck by southbound SUV on U.S. 75 as he attempted to cross the highway.
The driver of the SUV, 29-year-old Karmeka Allen-Cox, of Austell, Georgia, was transported to a Topeka hospital for the treatment of suspected minor injuries.
Two children in her vehicle, ages 1 and 5, were not hurt. Lee also escaped injury.
The Patrol says all the occupants were properly restrained.