An Almena man was killed in a head-on collision Wednesday morning on Highway 36 two miles west of Phillipsburg.

         The Highway Patrol says 20-year-old Jacob Gallentine was eastbound and his car drifted left of center striking a westbound minivan. Gallentine died at the Phillipsburg hospital.

       The driver of the van, 32-year-old Piper Ladow of Smith Center was flown to Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Her two passengers were not seriously injured. The accident closed Highway 36 for a short time Wednesday morning.