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Wreck, Reckless Driving, Land Two In Jail

By Brian Hagen

05/16/2016

(KAIR)--A Wichita man takes a trip to the hospital following a single vehicle Atchison County wreck Saturday.

Sheriff Jack Laurie says 56-year-old Jimmy Mitchell was southbound on Morton Road, at 286th Road, when he apparently failed to stop at the stop sign at the intersection.

The vehicle he was driving struck the embankment on the south side of 286th Road, and that sent him to the Atchison Hospital, complaining of chest pains.

Following transport to the hospital, Laurie says Mitchell was treated and released.

He was arrested for DUI, transporting an open container, and failure to yield at a stop sign.

Mitchell was booked into the Atchison County Jail.

The wreck happened shortly after 9:00 Saturday night.

In a separate case, an Atchison man goes to jail on drug-related charges following a Sunday afternoon traffic stop.

Laurie says a vehicle driven by Donald Franklin matched a vehicle reported to have been driving recklessly on U.S. Highway 73. The 43-year-old Franklin was stopped, and was then arrested for DUI and driving while revoked.

It was when he was taken to the County Jail that Deputies discovered what is believed to be cocaine in his possession. That led to his arrest on the additional charges of possession of cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia, and trafficking contraband into a correctional institution.

Franklin was booked into custody at the jail.

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