Jun 07, 2023

RCPD IDs two injured in wrong-way, offramp crash

Posted Jun 07, 2023 2:13 PM

by BECKY GOFF
Little Apple Post

Crash at Seth Child off ramp, photo submitted
Crash at Seth Child off ramp, photo submitted

RILEY COUNTY—Two people were injured in an accident just after 9a.m. Tuesday in Manhattan.

According to the Riley County Police Department activity report, a 2005 Chevy Silverado driven by Vernon Vandahl, 74, Manhattan, traveled the wrong way up the offramp of North Seth Child Road at Anderson Avenue.

The pickup clipped a 2009 Lexus GX driven by Kim Nguyen, 47, of Manhattan.

After impact, the Lexus traveled off the roadway and into the ditch next to the ramp. Nguyen and a passenger of her car Jenni Ngo, 23, of Manhattan were transported to Via Christi for treatment of minor injuries.

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MANHATTAN - Two people were transported by Riley County EMS to Ascension Via Christi in Manhattan following a two vehicle crash near the northbound off-ramp of Seth Child Road at Anderson Avenue on Tuesday morning.

Emergency crews were called to the northbound off-ramp on Seth Child Road at Anderson at just after 9:30 am.

When crews arrived they located a Chevy Silverado and a Lexus which were involved in the crash which caused the Lexus to travel off the ramp and into the ditch.

The off-ramp was closed while emergency crews worked the incident, but it has since been reopened to normal travel.

This is a developing story, additional details will be added as they become available.