According to a release from Atchison County Sheriff Jack Laurie, deputies responded around 8:45 Sunday night to a two-vehicle crash on U.S. 59 Highway near McPherson Road. The sheriff’s office says 28-year-old Charles Moore of Atchison was eastbound in a 2010 Volvo traveling very slowly due to road conditions and limited visibility from blowing snow. The release says a 2007 Chevrolet Suburban driven by 36-year-old Justin Halloway of Nortonville was unable to avoid striking the Volvo. No injuries were reported, and both vehicles had minor damage.
Laurie says around 2:30 early Monday morning, a single-vehicle crash was reported at the intersection of K-9 Highway and Jewell Road near Lancaster. The sheriff’s office says 20-year-old Isaiah Burton of Severance was driving a 2014 Buick LaCrosse when he lost control, left the roadway, and struck a road sign. No injuries were reported, and the vehicle was towed.
The sheriff’s office says around 3:30 early Monday morning, a two-vehicle head-on crash happened on U.S. 59 Highway in the construction zone near 262nd Road. The release says 22-year-old Shakynna Simpson of Savannah, Missouri, was eastbound in a 2019 Chevrolet Malibu and had been stopped behind other vehicles at the red light for the construction-zone stoplight. The sheriff’s office says Simpson went around the vehicles and proceeded through the red light, and her vehicle struck a westbound 2016 Jeep Patriot driven by 26-year-old Katelyn Hards of Holton. Atchison County EMS and Rescue responded. Simpson refused medical treatment, and Hards was taken to Amberwell Hospital for precautionary treatment. Laurie says Simpson was cited for failure to obey a traffic control device, and the investigation continues.
