By OLIVIA BERGMEIER
Salina Post
Early Saturday morning at around 2:10 a.m., the Salina Police Department responded to a vehicle injury accident at the 1,000 block of State Street in town.
Two Salina residents, Kasen Walsh, 20, the driver, and Julian Werber, 21, the passenger, drove at high speeds east on State Street until just before West Place when the pair went across a railroad crossing.
According to SPD Sergeant Kyle Tonniges, the raised railroad crossing caused the 2008 dark purple Mercury Mariner to jump the tracks, side-swipe a parked car and hit a tree in a residential front lawn.
"The accident was so significant that the engine was separated from the vehicle when they hit that tree," Tonniges said. "So we're continuing to investigate the accident and whether alcohol played a role in that we have not made any arrests at this time."
Tonniges said EMS services transported Werber, the passenger, to Salina Regional Health Center for severe injuries, including a significant head injury.