Seventh fatality in Montgomery County in August

A 21-year-old Florida man was killed and two Independence men were injured in a one-vehicle mishap on a county road north of Coffeyville shortly after 2 a.m., Saturday morning. The Kansas Highway Patrol says Lance Allen Walters, 21, of Kissimee, Fla., was killed when a 1999 Ford pickup truck driven by Jacob Stockton, 21, of Independence, drove off county road 4500 two miles north of Coffeyville. Stockton tried to overcorrect his steering and went into a ditch on the opposite side of the road. The vehicle hit a cuvlert and overturned twice, landing on its top. Stockton, along with passenger Justin Cole Wright, 21, of Independence were injured at the scene. No report was given by the Kansas Highway Patrol regarding their conditions. The Kansas Highway Patrol said the driver and the two passengers were not wearing their seat belts at the time of the wreck. The death of Walters marks the seventh vehicle-related fatality in Montgomery County since Aug. 1. The

August 18, 2008 · Posted in Features, News  
    

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