Apr 17, 2024

Resident leaves SUV on roadside Sunday evening, finds it missing the next day

Posted Apr 17, 2024 3:45 PM
The Saline County Sheriff's Office located at 800 E. Pacific Avenue in Salina.
The Saline County Sheriff's Office located at 800 E. Pacific Avenue in Salina.

By OLIVIA BERGMEIER
Salina Post

After popping a tire on East Old 40 Highway in Saline County, a resident left their 1999 gold GMC Yukon with the keys in the ignition and found it was missing the following day.

Saline County Sheriff's Office Capt. Jim Hughes said the resident had left the Yukon in the 2500 block of East Old 40 Highway on Sunday, April 14, and when they returned the following morning around 8:30 a.m., it was gone.

"It was parked on the side of the road with some mechanical issues, specifically with a blown tire, and the keys were in the ignition, and it had a full gas tank," Hughes said.

The resident left the vehicle on the roadside to complete some work in the area.

Hughes said the Yukon had a deer decal on the back window, and its value totaled $3,000. The owner reported that the vehicle bears a Kansas tag that reads SAS662.

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