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Western Kan. man killed in McPherson Co. head-on crash UPDATE

Screen Shot 2014-07-03 at 5.13.15 AMCANTON — A Kansas man was killed in an accident just before 7 a.m. on Wednesday in McPherson County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2010 Toyota Corolla driven by James Samual Schultz, 42, Scott City,  was westbound  on U.S. 56 just east of 23rd Avenue in Canton.

The vehicle crossed the centerline into the eastbound lane striking a 2014 Ford F150 driven by Hope J. Hill, 74, Galva, head on.

Schultz was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to the Sedgwick County Coroner’s Office. Hill was transported to St. Francis Medical Center in Wichita.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported both drivers were properly restrained at the time of the accident.

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