ACCIDENTS

REPORTED

These accident reports were released this past week by law enforcement agencies:

HIGHWAY PATROL

US-77 near 140th Rd.

Justin B. Williamson, 22, Weiser, Idaho, was killed at 12:52 a.m. Saturday when he attempted to pass a northbound vehicle with his Kawasaki motorcycle and collided head-on with a southbound 2019 Toyota Camry driven by Tina Ho, 19, Wichita.

Hoy suffered what was characterized as a suspected minor injury and declined to be taken to a hospital.

US-50 and Nighthawk Rd.

Passenger Dorothy F. Conyers, 92, Marion, was killed, and driver Ronald D. Ludwig, 92, Florence, was injured at 6:09 p.m. Saturday when Ludwig pulled his southbound 2022 Lincoln Nautilus out from a stop sign and into the path of an eastbound semi-trailer truck.

Ludwig was not initially taken to a hospital but became ill after being taken to a home in the 200 block of N. 3rd St. in Marion. He then was transferred to St. Luke Hospital, Marion, by Marion ambulance.

The 2024 Freightliner semi, driven by Dennis E. Smith, 35, Nampa, Idaho, was towed along with Ludwig’s Lincoln.

Smith was uninjured, according to the highway patrol.

Troopers blamed the wreck on Ludwig failing to yield.

SHERIFF

Indigo Rd. north of 330th Rd.

A 2001 Chrysler Town and Country owned and driven by Keith D. Meyer, 60, rural Tampa, died and caught fire at 10:27 a.m. July 8, according to one of two accident reports released Monday.

The fire was extinguished within 50 minutes by Tampa and Durham firefighters. Deputy Clayton Philpott’s report said the van was destroyed.

Sunflower Rd. east of 140th Rd.

Swerving to avoid hitting a deer at 4:05 p.m. July 9, Bryson C. Bouslog, 19, Marion, lost control of his 2008 Ford Taurus, which rolled into a barbed wire fence and cornfield.

Deputy Jesse Raney’s report said the car was destroyed. He estimated damage to the fence and field, owned by Helen L. Kirkpatrick and Ronald Kirkpatrick Jr., at $100.

MARION

Sports and Aquatics Center parking lot

Sixteen-year-old Delaney A.G. Hostetler, rural Marion, backed her mother’s 2019 Chevrolet Suburban into a parked 2014 Chevrolet Impala at 8:30 a.m. Friday.

The Suburban, owned by county emergency manager Marcy Hostetler, sustained damage to its passenger door.

The Impala, owned by Margie Sandwell of the Canada community, sustained damage that part-time officer Chris Mercer characterized as slight to its front bumper.

Sandwell had been doing aerobics in the Sports and Aquatics Center at the time.

No tickets were listed as being issued.

Casey’s General Store parking lot

Thinking her running 2015 Chevrolet Malibu was in park, Skylar M. Thornbro, 24, Marion, went into Casey’s General Store at 9:14 p.m. Friday only to have her car proceed forward and smash into the store’s southern brick wall.

The Malibu, owned by Shawn Wunderlick of the same Marion address, sustained damage to its right front bumper.

The store wall also was damaged, but officer Dustin Woodford’s report does not characterize the extent.

Seth A. Banning, apparently of Wichita although his address is listed as being in Marion, was a passenger at the time.

No tickets were listed as being issued.