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Teen injured & cited after Atchison midweek wreck

Photo credit: Atchison Police Dept.

(KAIR)--An Atchison teenager required a hospital visit, and was cited for not yielding, following a two-vehicle crash Wednesday afternoon in Atchison. 

According to a release from Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson, officers responded around 4:45 to an injury accident at U.S. Highway 73 and Woodlawn Avenue.

Wilson says a pickup truck driven by 15-year-old Colten Harris was westbound on Woodlawn Avenue and turning south onto the connecting service road to U.S. Highway 59 when it collided with an SUV, eastbound on U.S. 73, driven by 43-year-old Tiffany McKelvey

Wilson says Harris was transported by Atchison County EMS to Amberwell Atchison for examination of injuries. 

McKelvey was not hurt. 

Harris was cited for failure to yield.

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