Aug 11, 2025

Saline County man hospitalized after 3-vehicle crash

Posted Aug 11, 2025 1:30 AM

SALINE COUNTY—One person was injured in an accident just after 5:30p.m. Sunday in Saline County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2002 Dodge Dakota driven by Isaac J.  Perez, 17, Lindsborg, was northbound on on South Burma Road at Crawford Street.  The driver stopped and then proceeded through the intersection. A 2014 Dodge Ram driven by Colton D. Bettenbrock, 19, Brookville, struck the Dodge Dakota.

The impact pushed Dodge Ram into a westbound 2014 Ford Explorer driven by Vance J. Johnson, 28, Salina. who was waiting to turn onto S Burma Road.

EMS transported Bettenbrock to Salina Regional Health Center. Perez, Johnson and three passengers in the Ford were not injured. All six were properly restrained, according to the KHP.