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Kansas teen dies in head-on crash with semi

FatalLEON, Kan.- A Kansas teenager was killed in an accident just before 4 p.m. on Saturday in Butler County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2000 Chevy Silverado driven by Leon S. Williams, 19, Wichita was westbound on U.S. 400 three miles west of Leon.

The truck failed to maintain a single lane of traffic in a marked no passing zone, entered the eastbound lane and struck a westbound semi head on.

Williams was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Carlson Funeral Home in El Dorado

The semi truck driver Randy N. Franklin, 56, Pratt was not injured.

The KHP reported both drivers were properly restrained at the time of the crash.

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