Jul 17, 2021

Great Bend couple hospitalized after 2-vehicle crash

Posted Jul 17, 2021 10:10 AM

BARTON COUNTY—Three people were injured in an accident just after 10p.m. Friday in Barton County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2016 Chevy Equinox driven by Harlen Hugo Jerke, 75, Great Bend, was northbound on U.S. 281 two miles south of Great Bend.

The vehicle swerved to the left while a southbound 2014 Chevy Equinox driven by Denise M. Briley, 47, Monmouth, IL., swerved to the right causing vehicles to collide.

EMS transported Jerke, Briley and a passenger in the 2015 Equinox Linda D. Jerke, 71, Great Bend, to the hospital in Great Bend. Briley was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.