COWLEY COUNTY— Police cited the guardian of a juvenile for allowing the minor to drive an ATV after a rollover accident left another woman injured.
Just before 5 p.m. April 18, Fire-EMS and Police departments were dispatched to the Crestwood neighborhood in east Arkansas City for a report of an injury accident in the area of the Edgewood Lane cul-de-sac, west of Crestwood Drive and south of East Chestnut Avenue, according to a media release from the Arkansas City Police Department.
Officers determined a juvenile had been operating an ATV illegally in the roadway when, while turning around in the cul-de-sac, the vehicle rolled over onto its passenger side.
This caused injury to the ankle of the passenger identified as a 43-year-old Winfield woman. The juvenile only sustained minor injuries in the accident. Both the driver and passenger were wearing their seat belts.
Arkansas City Fire-EMS Department transported to injured woman to South Central Kansas Medical Center for treatment of her ankle injury.
The juvenile’s guardian, Penny L. Coffelt, 55, of Arkansas City, was cited through Arkansas City Municipal Court for permitting an unauthorized minor to drive the vehicle.