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Man from Junction City hospitalized after Riley Co. crash

RILEY COUNTY — One person was injured in an accident just before 4:30p.m. Thursday in Riley County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2009 Dodge Caliber driven by John Michael Falkenbury, 36, Clay Center was northbound on US 77 just west of Riley attempting to make a left turn onto Kansas 82.

The driver failed to yield and struck a southbound Chevy Malibu driven by Aldridge, Theodore Raymond Aldridge, 48, Junction City.

EMS transported Aldridge to Via Christi in Manhattan. Falkenbury was not injured. Both drivers were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.

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