Jan 31, 2025

Sheriff's Deputies respond to two accidents

Posted Jan 31, 2025 6:12 PM

The Geary County Sheriff's Department reports that Deputies responded to US 77-Highway and Houston Road just after 10:30 a.m. Thursday for a single vehicle non-injury accident.

Kassey Phemister of Wakefield, KS was traveling southbound on US 77-Highway in a 2011 Ford Explorer. Due to the heavy fog Kassey was unable to negotiate the turn onto Houston Road and drove into a ditch. The vehicle was removed by a private tow.

On Friday at 4:58 a.m. Deputies responded to I-70 mile marker 310 for a single vehicle accident. Denys Bocharnykov of Sedalia, Missouri was traveling westbound in a 2011 Chevrolet Express when the vehicle lost a tire and rolled. No injuries were reported and the vehicle was removed by TLC Wrecker