Feb 10, 2025

KHP investigating hit and run pedestrian incident

Posted Feb 10, 2025 11:00 AM

WASHINGTON COUNTY—One person was injured in an accident just after 7p.m. Sunday in Washington County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2000 Ford F350 driven by Dawson H.  Flahaven, 20, Sundance, Washington, was northbound on Kansas 9 Highway one and one half miles north of Palmer.

The driver pulled to the east shoulder to look at the vehicle. While he was outside of pickup, an unknown vehicle struck the driver with the passenger side mirror.

 EMS transported Flahaven to the Clay County Medical Center.  A teen passenger was not injured.