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Access crash information at one of the above links.

Inquiries regarding items of local interest should be directed to the local troop headquarters. For example, a motor vehicle crash on I-70 in Dickinson County should be directed to the Troop C headquarters. Items of statewide news interest be handled by the state public information officer (PIO) at General Headquarters in Topeka. Information on injury and fatality crashes is posted on the online crash logs.




  • State PIO - Technical Trooper Edna Buttler - (785) 296-6800
  • Secondary State PIO - Technical Trooper Mark Engholm- (785) 296-6800
  • Troop A (Olathe) - Technical Trooper Howard Dickinson - (913) 782-8100
  • Troop B (Topeka) - Technical Trooper Tim McCool - (785) 296-3102
  • Troop C (Salina) - Technical Trooper J.L. Riedel - (785) 827-3065
  • Troop D (Hays) - Technical Trooper Allan Lytton - (785) 625-3518
  • Troop E (Garden City) - Technical Trooper Ron Knoefel - (620) 276-3201
  • Troop F (Wichita) - Technical Trooper Gary Warner - (316) 744-0451
  • Troop H (Chanute) - Technical Trooper Rick Wingate - (620) 431-2100
  • Kansas Turnpike - Judy Gilchrist, KTA - (316) 682-4537 ext. 2272