By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post
An attempt at an illegal left turn caused a three-vehicle wreck Monday afternoon in central Salina.
Teena Church, 60, of Tescott, was northbound on S. Ohio Street in a 2013 Chevrolet Traverse. She had stopped to turn left onto Prescott Road, which is illegal, as the intersection is marked for no left turn by northbound traffic on S. Ohio Street, Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester said this morning.
Because the SUV was stopped, a northbound 2016 Jeep Patriot driven by Heather Moses, 26, of Salina, was stopping as it came up behind the Traverse and was rear-ended by a 2016 Lincoln MKX driven by Marshall Thompson, 67, of Salina, Forrester said. The impact of that collision forced the Patriot into the back of the Traverse.
Moses was treated and released at the scene by EMS, Forrester said.
The Traverse sustained rear-end damage, the Patriot both front and rear-end damage, and the Lincoln front-end damage. All three were removed by their drivers.
Forrester said Church was cited for failing to obey a traffic sign and Thompson was cited for following too closely.