Posted July 26, 2018 10:23am
(KAIR)--One person required hospital treatment following a single vehicle Atchison County wreck late Wednesday afternoon.
A news release issued by Atchison County Sheriff Jack Laurie identifies the injured as 21-year-old Kansas City resident Carlynn Micky.
She was the driver of a 2002 Infinity, southbound on U.S. Highway 73, that went off the roadway when Micky tried to negotiate a curve near Rooks Road.
She lost control of the car, which ran into the ditch on the north side of the highway.
Micky was transported to the Atchison Hospital for treatment of injuries.
A passenger in the car was not hurt.
The release states that several witnesses had reported to deputies prior to the wreck that the car was being driven recklessly at a high rate of speed.
A DUI investigation was conducted, and is now complete, but the results are pending.
The wreck happened shortly after 4:30.