Emporia, KS : No injuries were serious after a pair of injury accidents north of Emporia on Saturday, 14th December, 2019

No injuries were serious Saturday after a pair of injury accidents north of Emporia.

One person was transported to Newman Regional Health with minor injuries Saturday evening after a car went in the ditch north of Admire, near the Lyon-Wabaunsee county line.

According to a written statement from Lyon County Sheriff's Deputy Nolan Kehres, emergency crews from the Lyon County Sheriff's Office, Emporia - Lyon County EMS and the Miller Volunteer Fire Department responded to the report of an injury accident in the 3700 block of North Highway 99 at about 7:33 p.m. Saturday.

"It was determined the 2018 Red Toyota Rav4 was traveling south on Highway 99 and failed to negotiate the curve, leaving the roadway and coming to a rest in the east ditch," Kehres wrote.

The driver of the vehicle was identified as 60-year-old Billy Eichinger Jr. of Mayetta. He had two passengers in the vehicle with him, 42-year-old Cynthia Eichinger of Mayetta and 28-year-old Arturo Garcia-Silva of Kansas City. The driver and Garcia-Silva refused medical treatment at the scene while Cynthia Eichinger was transported to Newman Regional Health with minor injuries.

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