HUTCHINSON, Kan. — One of the 15-year-old’s injured in a one-vehicle accident east of Hutchinson Wednesday afternoon has passed away according to the Reno County Sheriff’s Office.
Aaron Powers passed away at 4:58 p.m. Saturday from his injuries after being in a rollover accident in the 11200 Block of East 43rd. He was a passenger in the vehicle.
Also taken to a Wichita hospital is 15-year-old Dalton Stoecklein. They were in a pickup truck driven by 18-year-old Dawson Lehman when the truck went out of control while heading west on 43rd. The truck left the road and rolled over several times before coming to rest in a wheat field just before 1 p.m. near Rayl Road. Sheriff deputies and Kansas Highway Patrol units arrived on the scene and found the two 15-year-old’s lying in the middle of the road. Medical aid was provided until EMS and Fire units arrived.
Stoecklein and Powers were airlifted to Wichita Hospitals with head injuries.
Another passenger, 15-year-old Reighn Armstong, was taken by EMS to Hutchinson Regional Medical Center for treatment of his injuries, while the fourth passenger, 15-year-old Samuel Tarbox, was treated at the scene and released with permission from his parents. Lehman was not injured in the accident.