Roadside Crosses in Harvey County, Kansas

VEHICLE ACCIDENTS

Many roadside memorials have been placed in Harvey County over the years.  Many more deaths from vehicle accidents were never marked by a roadside cross.

This page is dedicated to the memory of those whose lives were effected by these roadside accidents in Harvey County.  Information for this page was derived from the book, Sudden Stops:  Roadside Crosses in Harvey County by Darren McMannis.

Sarah Colling Killed

A woman was killed when she crashed her vehicle head-on into another Wednesday morning in Harvey County. The Kansas Highway Patrol identified a woman as 39-year-old Sarah Elizabeth Colling of Potwin, Kansas. She was a single mother with 4 children. The crash happened...

Stephanie Manyseng & Rudy Marcial

At least two people are killed in a crash Saturday morning in Newton. The Kansas High Patrol confirms it is working the scene of one-vehicle crash at I-135 and the Southeast 14th Connector. “A 16-passenger van carrying seven adults was traveling southbound on...

Raymond & Denice Bina

by Wendy Nugent Saturday Afternoon Crash Claims Two Lives Two people lost their lives in an accident Saturday afternoon on Interstate 135 near the Newton outlet mall. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol crash report online, those killed in the accident were Denice...

Orville Schmidt

Highway 50 at Meridian Road /  One Newton man was declared dead after a two-vehicle accident on U.S. 50 April 9.  According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, at 2:52 p.m. April 9 a passenger car driven by Orville Schmidt, 67, Newton, was eastbound on U-50 at mile marker...

Kevin Chambers

Newton Man Killed When Car Hits Tree A Newton man was killed early Tuesday (March 21, 2017) in a one-vehicle accident at Fourth and Avery east of Hutchinson in which the car he was driving hit a tree.  The driver was identified by his driver's license to be Kevin D....

Amber Schroeder

9200 NW 12th / The Harvey County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatality crash that occurred Thursday afternoon. A 30-year-old woman from Newton was driving a 2007 Kia Spectra east in the 9200 block of Northwest 12th when her vehicle left the road, struck a tree...

Daryl Wacker

K-196 Highway at Oliver / The Kansas Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal accident in Harvey County.  It happened around 1:30 p.m. Friday (July 3, 2015) on K-196 near Oliver which is in the southeast part of the county.  Troopers say a car on the highway had slowed...

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