JULY 7, 2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEWS RELEASE #19-0707-2
CONTACT SHERIFF TIM MORSE 785-364-2251
DENISON WOMAN INJURED FOLLOWING UTV ACCIDENT
At approximately 8:00 pm Sunday evening the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call reporting an accident involving a UTV. The Holton Fire Department, Jackson County EMS, Kansas Highway Patrol and the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene located approximately ¾ mile south of 222nd on U. Road. The victim, a Denison woman was reported to have been driving southbound on U. Road prior to the incident in a Polaris utility task vehicle. The victim had approached a low water crossing where some children were fishing. It was reported that the victim’s dog had exited the UTV, and the victim then exited the vehicle to retrieve her dog. At that time, the UTV then started to roll, and the victim attempted to stop the vehicle when it went off the concrete crossing and into the water trapping the victim beneath the UTV. The children tried to free her from beneath the UTV, and with the help of some area neighbors, she was removed from the water. Lifestar Air Ambulance landed near the scene and the victim was flown to Stormont Vail Regional Medical Center with life-threatening injuries.