Mar 10, 2025

Manhattan bicyclist hospitalized after struck by SUV

Posted Mar 10, 2025 1:00 AM

RILEY COUNTY—One person was injured in an accident just before 1p.m. Sunday in Riley County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2025 Chevy Trax driven by  William J. Bartunek, 19, Lincoln, Nebraska, was southbound on K113 at Top of the World Drive. The SUV drifted right onto the shoulder and struck a southbound bicycle driven by Eugene Thomas Rice, 54, Manhattan.

EMS transported Rice to Via Christi. Bartunek and a passenger in the SUV were not injured. Rice was wearing a helmet, according to the KHP.