Trooper Hospitalized After Crash
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A state trooper is expected to recover after his patrol car was struck by another vehicle in Topeka. Ryan Goubeaux was responding to a report of a break-in and had his lights and sirens on when his car was hit by a vehicle in an intersection. The impact spun the patrol car around and caused it to strike two other vehicles.
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Man Struck, Killed Following Deer Accident
LYONS, Kan. (AP) — A 32-year-old central Kansas man who was struck and killed by a vehicle was standing outside of his SUV because he had hit a deer. Boe Keesling was pronounced dead at the scene Friday southeast of Lyons. Three passengers in the vehicle that struck him were injured.
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Hutchinson Inmate Sentenced in Guard Attack
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — A Wichita man serving a hard-50 prison sentence for murder has been given 22 more years for trying to kill a prison guard. Dajuan Wilkerson was convicted of attempted second-degree murder in August. The attack on the Hutchinson Correctional Facility guard occurred in 2010. Wilkerson has spent the last three years in solitary confinement because of the attack.