Skateboarder injured in Atchison accident
12/08/2021

(KAIR)--A 14-year-old boy was injured when the skateboard he was riding collided with a vehicle Tuesday evening in Atchison.

According to report from Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson, it had happened around 6:15 at the intersection of U.S. 59 Highway and 10th Street.

Wilson said a pick-up truck driven by Thad Jenkins, of St. Joseph, Missouri, was eastbound on U.S. 59 when he entered the intersection on a green light. A southbound skateboard ridden by the boy entered the intersection and collided with the truck.

Wilson said the boy was transported to Mosiac Life Care in St. Joseph by ambulance with unspecified injuries.


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