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Four Wellington residents were sent to a Wichita hospital Saturday, after an early morning accident on a country road.
At 4 a.m., Saturday, a 2002 Chevrolet pickup carrying Darien Sisson, 18, Matthew Brown, 25, Brayden Popplewell, 19, and Curtis Metz, 22, crashed at 40th Ave. and Oliver Rd., Sumner County Sheriff Gerald Gilkey said.
The vehicle was traveling northbound in the 300 block of Oliver Road when it crossed the centerline and entered the west ditch, Gilkey said. The pickup then vaulted over 40th Ave., flipping two times and ejecting the occupants.
The group suffered severe injuries, including broken bones, possible head and spinal injuries and serious cuts and bruises, Gilkey said.
The sheriff says details like who was driving and who was or wasn’t wearing their seatbelts are unknown.
“We’re letting them heal up a bit and will be reaching out there tomorrow, the ones that are able to meet with us and visit with them about the events of that evening. So right now we still have a lot of unanswered questions that are going to require more investigation,” Gilkey said.
He says the emphasis right now isn’t the investigation, but to get the four the medical care they need.
“The important thing is to make sure they are getting cared for physically. Worrying about some accident is probably the least concern right now. We are just worried about these kids getting the medical treatment they need,” he said.
Gilkey urges drivers to not only drive safely and use their seatbelts, but to make sure they have some form of identification on them at all times.
“We weren’t able to find the identification for some of these people. They may be people that you’ve known for a long time, but when they are involved in an accident they won’t necessarily look that way and it’s hard to recognize people,” he said.
Drivers and passengers should carry their driver’s licenses with them whenever they go out as well as keeping emergency contacts in their cell phones.
“Everyone now is carrying a cell phone...make sure to put the abbreviation ‘ICE - In case of emergency’ with who to contact in your cell phone,” Gilkey said.
Four Wellington residents were sent to a Wichita hospital Saturday, after an early morning accident on a country road.
At 4 a.m., Saturday, a 2002 Chevrolet pickup carrying Darien Sisson, 18, Matthew Brown, 25, Brayden Popplewell, 19, and Curtis Metz, 22, crashed at 40th Ave. and Oliver Rd., Sumner County Sheriff Gerald Gilkey said.
The vehicle was traveling northbound in the 300 block of Oliver Road when it crossed the centerline and entered the west ditch, Gilkey said. The pickup then vaulted over 40th Ave., flipping two times and ejecting the occupants.
The group suffered severe injuries, including broken bones, possible head and spinal injuries and serious cuts and bruises, Gilkey said.
The sheriff says details like who was driving and who was or wasn’t wearing their seatbelts are unknown.
“We’re letting them heal up a bit and will be reaching out there tomorrow, the ones that are able to meet with us and visit with them about the events of that evening. So right now we still have a lot of unanswered questions that are going to require more investigation,” Gilkey said.
He says the emphasis right now isn’t the investigation, but to get the four the medical care they need.
“The important thing is to make sure they are getting cared for physically. Worrying about some accident is probably the least concern right now. We are just worried about these kids getting the medical treatment they need,” he said.
Gilkey urges drivers to not only drive safely and use their seatbelts, but to make sure they have some form of identification on them at all times.
“We weren’t able to find the identification for some of these people. They may be people that you’ve known for a long time, but when they are involved in an accident they won’t necessarily look that way and it’s hard to recognize people,” he said.
Drivers and passengers should carry their driver’s licenses with them whenever they go out as well as keeping emergency contacts in their cell phones.
“Everyone now is carrying a cell phone...make sure to put the abbreviation ‘ICE - In case of emergency’ with who to contact in your cell phone,” Gilkey said.
