BROWN COUNTY —A Hiawatha teenager died in a crash just after midnight Sunday in Brown County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2010 Toyota Corolla driven by Andrew O. Kreek, 17, Hiawatha, was traveling at a high rate of speed on Horned Owl Road at U.S. 36. The driver lost control of the vehicle. It left the roadway on the left side, traveled into the ditch, went airborne, made one rotation across U.S. 36 into the ditch and landed on its top.
Passenger Ian M. Miller, 16, Hiawatha, was pronounced dead at the scene.
EMS transported Kreek and passengers Navaeh Dishmang, 15 and Gabriel Corbett, 18, both of Hiawatha, to KU Medical Center for treatment of serious injuries. EMS transported passenger Andrew Timothy Woods, 19, to the Hiawatha Hospital for treatment of minor injuries.
According to the KHP crash report, Woods was the only one in the vehicle wearing a seatbelt.