Jul 17, 2022

2 hospitalized in St. Joe after motorcycle, car collide

Posted Jul 17, 2022 9:30 PM

ATCHISON COUNTY, Kan. — Two people were injured in an accident just after 11p.m. Saturday in Atchison.

According to Police Chief Mike Wilson, a Harley Davidson motorcycle ridden by Michael Emery, 64, Spring Hill, Kansas was southbound on 5th Street. A Toyota passenger car driven by Ayiana Blacksmith-Juarez, 19, Topeka, was northbound on 5th Street and after stopping at the northbound stop sign proceeded into the intersection to turn west onto Park Street. The vehicles collided. 

EMS transported Emery and a 55-year-old female passenger who was also riding on the motorcycle to a St. Joseph hospital.  Blacksmith-Juarez was cited for failure to yield, according to Wilson.