Dec 15, 2023

Kansas teen dies, 2 others injured after violent rollover crash

Posted Dec 15, 2023 5:00 PM

WILSON COUNTY —One person died in an accident just before 2:30a.m. Friday in Wilson County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2006 Mazda 3 driven by Andrew Daniel Brown, 18, Fredonia, was southbound on New Albany Road one half mile south of New Albany.

The driver failed to negotiate a curve. The car traveled off the road to the south, stuck the ditch, went airborne hitting a tree and rolled onto its top.

A passenger in the car identified as Jaryn Levi Yarnell, 19, Erie, was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to Frontier Forensics.

EMS transported Brown and a second passenger David Joseph Powell, 18, Douglas, to Wesley Medical Center. All three were properly restrained, according to the KHP.