(KAIR) -- An Atchison County Sheriff’s Deputy is recovering following a motorcycle accident Sunday evening in south Saint Joseph.
According to Atchison County Sheriff John Calhoon, Tim Miller was injured in the accident near Alabama Street on U-S 59 highway.
Calhoon says Miller was taken to the Heartland Hospital in Saint Joseph, and then transported to KU Medical Center where he remains a patient.
He says Miller suffered serious, but non-life threatening injuries.
He anticipates that Miller, who has been with the force for less than a year, will be out of action for several months.
Calhoon says this is the latest setback in staffing for the sheriff’s department.
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In addition to the shortage, they were already down another part-time deputy due to injuries.
Art Buckingham, who was also working as a police officer for the city of Highland, was injured in a criminal incident at Highland Community College in March, suffering a fractured shoulder.
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