(KAIR)--A Topeka man who wrecked while driving through Jackson County early Sunday morning suffered severe injuries in the fiery crash.
That word comes in a release from Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse, who says 27-year-old Elijah Keith was transported by Jackson County EMS for hospital treatment, in Topeka.
Keith was found by Jackson County Sheriff's Deputies, who arrived at the scene of the wreck shortly before 5:00 Sunday morning, "severely injured and bleeding profusely," with Morse adding that "deputies rendered life-saving medical treatment to the victim at the scene."
Minutes after the deputies arrived, following the report of a vehicle on fire, Keith's Ford Fusion, which wrecked near 182nd and U.S. Highway 75, was fully engulfed in flames.
Fire departments from Mayetta, Hoyt, and the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, all responded to the scene of the fiery wreck.
According to Morse, the wreck occurred when Keith's Ford Fusion, southbound on the highway, struck a guardrail.
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