According to a release from Atchison County Sheriff Jack Laurie, deputies responded around 12:30 Saturday afternoon to a report of an injury accident on River Road near the Leavenworth County line. Laurie says 55-year-old Rita Ready of Kansas City, Kansas was driving the ATV, with a 17-year-old girl from Hartville, Missouri as the passenger, and both reported injuries.
Laurie says Atchison County EMS and Rescue and Leavenworth County responders assisted at the scene.
Ready was transported by Atchison County EMS, and the 17-year-old passenger was transported by Leavenworth County EMS to Providence Hospital for the treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
