Ice from passing vehicle smashes windshield, injures teen
The Barton County Sheriff’s Office had a busy holiday weekend due to bad weather and poor road conditions in central Kansas, Sheriff Brian Bellendir said Monday. Deputies responded an injury accident and several non- injury accidents. There were also 15 to 20 reports of vehicles that simply slid off the roadway.
The injury accident occurred at 2:47 p.m. Sunday, east of Ellinwood on U.S. 56.
Officers reported a 1995 Chevrolet S10 pickup truck driven by Teresa D. Berends, 36, of Hutchinson, was struck by ice falling from a passing vehicle. A piece of ice detached from a vehicle passing in the opposite direction and struck the pickup in the windshield.
“The ice sheet penetrated the windshield and a 16 year old passenger was injured by glass and ice,” Bellendir said. “The passenger was transported to Ellinwood District Hospital and treated for facial injuries. The Sheriff’s Office was assisted at the scene by Ellinwood EMS and the Ellinwood Police Department.”
The weather that came through the area last week caused multiple accidents.
Most were reported as non-injury type accidents.
According to the Great Bend Police Department these accidents include:
Nov. 27
• A non-injury accident was reported at 3017 10th St. A vehicle slid on the ice and struck the curb, a fire hydrant and a utility box. The driver of the vehicle fled the scene on foot. The vehicle was towed.
• A non-injury accident was reported at 10th and Grant St. A vehicle was EB on 10th Street and struck another vehicle that was also heading EB on 10th Street.
• An injury accident was reported at 10th and Madison Street. A vehicle slid into oncoming traffic on the ice causing another vehicle to hit the first vehicle in the back.
• A non-injury accident was reported at 10th and Frey Street. A vehicle was heading SB on Frey and struck another vehicle that was WB on 10th Street.
• A non-injury accident was reported at 16th Street and Hubbard Street.
Nov. 28
• An injury accident was reported at 11th Street and Kansas Avenue.
• A non-injury accident was reported at 6036 Broadway Ave. A vehicle was WB in the 600 Block of Broadway. The vehicle slid on the ice and struck a parked vehicle.
Nov. 29
• A non-injury accident was reported at Broadway and Odell Street. A vehicle was SB from Broadway and Odell Street and struck a parked vehicle.
• A non-injury accident was reported at 24th and Heizer Street. A vehicle was in a ditch, no damage.
Barton County Sheriff’s Department also reported many accidents throughout the county.
These accidents include:
Nov. 25
• A non-injury accident was reported at NE 110 Ave. and E U.S. 56. A vehicle hit a deer.
• A non-injury accident was reported at SE 60 Ave. and U.S. 56. A vehicle hit a deer.
Nov.26
• A non-injury accident was reported at 332 N U.S. 281. A vehicle hit a deer.
• A non-injury accident was reported at mile marker 131 N U.S. 281. A vehicle hit a guard rail.
Nov. 27
• A non-injury accident was reported at W K-96 and NW 60 Ave.
• A non-injury accident was reported at SE 105 Ave. and SE 20 Road. A commercial truck hit a guard rail.
• A non-injury accident was reported at mile marker 145 and NE K-156 in Claflin.
• A non-injury accident was reported at NW 40 Ave. and NW 110 Road.
• A non-injury accident was reported at 650 NE 110 Ave. in Claflin.
• A non-injury accident was reported at NE 130 Road and NE 130 Ave.
Nov. 28
• A non-injury accident was reported at U.S. 56 and SE 80 Ave.
• A non-injury accident was reported at 11th Street and Kansas Ave.
• A non-injury accident was reported at NE 30 Road and NE 30 Ave.
• A non-injury accident was reported at SW 70 Road and SW 60 Ave.
• A non-injury accident was reported at W U.S. 56 at mile marker 193 in Pawnee Rock.
• A non-injury accident was reported at 1404 NE 90 Ave. in Odin.
• An injury accident was reported at SE 120 Ave. and U.S. 56.
