OTTAWA — A Garnett teenager was taken to Ransom Memorial Hospital Saturday morning following a three-vehicle crash on U.S. 59 about five miles south of Ottawa. Kirkland Smith, 59, Ottawa was pulling a farm trailer with his car north on U.S. 59 at a slow speed, the Kansas Highway Patrol said. Virginia Nelson, 63, Richmond; came up behind Smith but didn’t pass because of heavy southbound traffic and put on her warning flashers. Destiny Bowen, 18, Garnett; didn’t slow down in time and rear-ended Nelson’s car, which then rear-ended Smith’s trailer, the highway patrol said. Bowen was taken to RMH. Nelson may have been injured but refused an ambulance, the highway patrol said. Smith wasn’t injured.
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