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One dead after Atchison Co crash

By Brian Hagen

09/12/2024

(KAIR)--A Bendena man, who was behind the wheel at the time of a single vehicle, Wednesday evening Atchison County wreck, has died; however, authorities are not immediately able to say if 75-year-old Stephen Godfrey's death is due to injuries in the crash, or because of medical issues, which they say could have possibly played a role into the cause of the fatal crash.

According to a release from Atchison County Sheriff Jack Laurie, Godfrey was northbound in the 2000 block of U.S. Highway 73, at Sherman Road, when his Ford Ranger ran off the right side of the road, into the ditch, and then kept traveling across Sherman Road, before it collided with a stop sign. The truck then went into the north ditch and back onto the highway, where it crossed all lanes of traffic before stopping in the ditch on the highway's west side.

Laurie, in the release, says an off-duty employee of the Sheriff's Office witnessed the crash, and provided care to the unresponsive Godfrey, with assistance provided by two off-duty Amberwell Atchison employees, with the three attending to Godfrey until the arrival of Atchison County EMS and Atchison County Rescue.

Godfrey was transported to Amberwell Atchison, where he later died, with Laurie saying it's not immediately known if his death was due to the crash or to possible medical issues, which may have played a role in the crash, whose cause remains unknown.

According to Laurie, his deputies were called to the scene of the fatal wreck around 7:00 Wednesday evening.

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