Mar 24, 2022

Kan woman, 9-year-old injured after rear-end school bus crash

Posted Mar 24, 2022 10:00 PM

FINNEY COUNTY —Two people were injured in an accident just after 8a.m. Thursday in Finney County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2019 Chrysler 300 driven by  Brittany Marie Garcia, 32, Garden City, was traveling in the 2500 block of West Maple just west of VFW Road. 

The car rear-ended a 2017 Blue Bird- USD 457 -Garden City School bus driven by Nicholas Ray Neathery, 30, Garden City, who was stopped on the roadway with the stop sign out and flashers on preparing to pick up a student.

EMS transported Garcia and a 9-year-old in the car to St. Catherine Hospital.  Neathery, 6 passengers on the bus were and the student waiting for the bus were not injured.

The 9-year-old and an 8-year-old in the Chrysler were not properly restrained, according to the KHP.