COWLEY COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a Kansas man on multiple charges after a head-on crash.
Just after 4a.m. August 27, the Arkansas City Fire-EMS and Police departments were dispatched for a 2-vehicle injury accident in the 100 block of North Summit Street, according to a media release.
One of the drivers, a 74-year-old Arkansas City man, was injured. Arkansas City Fire-EMS transported him to South Central Kansas Medical Center.
Further investigation determined the other driver, 20-year-old Manuel Enriques, had crossed the center line and struck the victim’s vehicle head-on. Enriques was found to be in possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
Police administered standardized field sobriety testing, which determined Enriques was suspected to be impaired, although alcohol has been ruled out as a contributing factor to the accident.
Officers later obtained a search warrant for a blood sample, which will be submitted to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation for testing. Enriques was taken into custody without incident on requested charges of driving under the influence, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of marijuana.
He was transported to and booked into the Cowley County Jail in Winfield.