HUTCHINSON, Kan. – One person was taken to a Wichita hospital after a two vehicle accident in the county Friday night.
According to the Reno County Sheriff’s Office, they were dispatched to the 6900 block of Dean Rd., a where a BMW driven by Bodie Eugene McKee of Hutchinson was traveling east on 69th Ave when he failed to yield at the intersection and collided with a Ford F-350 traveling north driven by Donald Eugene Pearce of Sterling. Bodie’s vehicle was struck in the passenger side and both vehicle’s came to rest in the northeast corner of the intersection.
There was a passenger in the Ford F-350. Felex Jay Pearce of Sterling. Everyone in the pickup was wearing their seatbelts and reported no injuries.
Bodie was airlifted to Via-Cristi St Francis Regional Medical Center with head injuries. Bodie was not wearing his seatbelt..
The accident is still under investigation. Alcohol may have been involved.