(KAIR)--Saturday morning snowfall is blamed for two of three Atchison County wrecks reported in recent days; and while no injuries were incurred, serve as a reminder of the danger posed by the conditions of the winter weather season.
The first of the three crashes happened Thanksgiving afternoon, in rural Atchison County, on Jewell Road, south of 302nd.
According to a release from Atchison County Sheriff Jack Laurie, 38-year-old Lancaster resident Niki Hendrickson was northbound on Jewell Road, around 12:25, when, it's believed, the car hit loose gravel, causing it to slide sideways and roll over.
Atchison County EMS and Rescue responded to the scene, along with Sheriff's Deputies, but Hendrickson did not require treatment. Instead, she was issued a notice to appear in court for driving while suspended.
The two additional crashes both happened Saturday morning, which marked the first local area snowfall of the season, and occurred within minutes of each other, on K116 Highway.
The first of the two was reported around 9:30 that morning, when a pickup truck, westbound on the highway at Edwards Road, near Effingham, struck a second pickup truck which had been southbound on Edwards Road, when it slid through the intersection's stop sign due to the snow/ice mixture on the roadway.
The impact of the collision caused both trucks to spin off the highway and stop on the southwest side of the roadway.
Neither driver, 27-year-old Peyton Barrett, of Winchester, and 20-year-old Preston Harper, of Horton, was injured in the wreck.
The other reported crash happened 4 minutes later, at 9:34 Saturday morning, when 19-year-old Michigan resident Damian Brown was westbound on K116, near Arrington.
According to Laurie, Brown, approaching the curve near Barton Road, encountered a snow-packed roadway, which caused him to lose control of the car, which went into a spin before exiting the road on the south side of the highway. After leaving the roadway, the car overturned into a creek bed, but Brown was not reported to have suffered any injuries in the wreck.
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