According to a release from Atchison County Sheriff Jack Laurie, it was about 6:50 Sunday morning that deputies were called to the 3600 block of 254th Road for a reported UTV accident with multiple injuries, with investigators believing the crash happened around 6:30 that morning.
The release identifies 41-year-old Kyle Snyder, of Oak Grove, Missouri, as the driver of a 2024 Polaris Ranger westbound on 254th Road just west of Cheyenne Road with two passengers — 62-year-old Joseph Snyder of Effingham and a 7-year-old boy.
Investigators say the UTV left the roadway to the right, with the driver appearing to have attempted to steer it back onto the road, but instead the UTV struck a concrete culvert, crossed it, then hit an embankment, causing the vehicle to overturn and eject all three occupants.
The UTV stopped upright, with both men trapped underneath, while the child was ejected through the front of the vehicle and was not trapped.
The release says Joseph Snyder and the 7-year-old were both airlifted from the scene, with Joseph taken to Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka and the child transported to Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Kyle Snyder was transported to Stormont Vail by Atchison County EMS for the treatment of what the release calls serious injuries.
