An accident in Pottawatomie County Thursday morning sent two people to the hospital. John Rookstool, 62, of Wamego was taken to St. Mary’s and Jeffrey Freeman, 52, of Topeka was taken to St. Mary’s and then Stormont Vail in Topeka following the accident on Maple Hill Road, one mile south of St. Mary’s.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reports the 8:55 a.m. accident occurred when a 1997 Ford Pickup driven by Rookstool was southbound on Maple Hill Road. A 2014 Dodge Truck driven by Freeman was northbound on Maple Hill, but for an unknown reason Freeman’s truck was left of center. Rookstool reportedly went left of center to avoid the Dodge truck, at the same time Freeman corrected and reentered the northbound lane. The two vehicles struck head on.
Rookstool was wearing a seatbelt but Freeman was not.
