A Kansas City man was killed late Sunday afternoon in an accident in Scott County.
According to the Kansas Highway patrol, just after 5:00 p.m Sunday, Charles Brooks, 63, of Scott City was eastbound in a 1994 GMC Sierra on K-96 about two miles east of the U-83 junction when he attempted turn onto Pittman Lane, striking a westbound 1995 Harley Davidson motorcycle head-on.
The driver of the motorcycle, 51-year-old Patrick Vega, of Kansas City, Kansas, was killed in the collision. His passenger, 49-year-old Shelly Vega was transported to Scott County Hospital and then flown by Eagle Med to Via Christi St. Francis in Wichita with disabling injuries. Neither were wearing a helmet.
Brooks was not injured in the accident.