Posted April 05, 2019 03:26pm
(KNZA)--An early Friday afternoon two-vehicle Brown County wreck sent three people to the hospital.
The Kansas Highway Patrol says its happened shortly after 12:30 at the intersection of U.S. 36 Highway and West Oregon Street at Hiawatha.
The Patrol reports 58-year-old Loretta Taylor, of Omaha, Nebraska, was entering U.S. 36 from West Oregon Street when she failed to yield to a westbound car driven by 32-year-old Erin Biggerstaff, of Arnold, Missouri. Taylor’s SUV was struck by Biggerstaff’s car.
Taylor and Biggerstaff were both transported to the Hiawatha Community Hospital with suspected serious injuries.
A passenger in Taylor’s vehicle, 17-year-old Omaha resident Mary Taylor, was transported to the hospital with suspected minor injuries.
The Patrol says all three occupants were buckled up at the time of the wreck.