MARCH 3, 2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEWS RELEASE #19-0303
CONTACT SHERIFF TIM MORSE 785-364-2251
Deputy’s vehicle struck by motorist
On March 3, 2019 at approximately 1 pm, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office received a report of an injury accident north of 198th Road on US Hwy 75 involving a 2016 Ram 1500 pickup truck driven by Michelle Holmes, 33, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and a 2016 Volvo semi-tractor and trailer driven by Ryan Love, 40, of Clarksville, Tennessee. Both vehicles had been northbound, the semi in the driving lane while the pickup was in the passing lane. The pickup truck merged into the semi’s lane striking the front of the tractor. Holmes was transported by EMS to the Holton Community Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. A Jackson County Sheriff’s Deputy who was on the scene investigating the accident when a northbound 2000 Ford Taurus struck the deputy’s patrol vehicle from the rear on US Hwy 75. The patrol vehicle wasn’t occupied at the time of the accident. The deputy was able to warn the semi driver who was also out of his vehicle to take cover when he observed the Taurus approaching the scene. The driver of the Taurus, Emily R. Howard, 17, of Topeka was transported by EMS to Holton Community Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The deputy and others at the scene were not injured. The Kansas Highway Patrol is investigating the second accident.