(Anita) A Cass County teen suffered injuries in a two-vehicle crash in Adair County.
The Adair County Sheriff’s Office says the accident happened at around 8:15 a.m. on Friday in the 1700 block of Brown Avenue. Authorities identified the injured person as 16-year-old Kason Jene Calhoun, of Anita.
According to the report, a northbound 2012 Dodge Durango driven by Calhoun and a southbound Komatsu End Loader drivin by 35-year-old Kyle Christian Jorgensen of Anita met at the crest of a hill. Kason Calhoun swerved to the right and drove into snow on the side of the roadway, lost traction, veered to the left, and struck the end loader with the driver’s side rear door of the pickup. The Durango entered the east ditch and rolled an undetermined amount of times before coming to rest on its’ wheels. Jorgensen told authorities he swerved to the right. Calhoun was outside of the vehicle and authorities believe he may have been ejected.
Lifeflight 3 transported Calhoun to the University of Nebraska Medicine for treatment of injuries.
