GEARY COUNTY- One person died in a 2-vehicle collision just after 3:30a.m. on Thursday in Geary County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2008 Ford F-150 driven by Thomas J. Packer, 26, Tama, IA, was south bound on U.S. 77 nine miles north of Junction City.
The pickup left the west edge of the road and entered the ditch. The driver overcorrected back onto U.S. 77.
A northbound semi collided with the pickup on the passenger side. Both vehicles came to rest in east ditch.
Packer, a soldier at Fort Riley, was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home
The semi driver Johnson, Robby R. Johnson, 49, Augusta, was transported to Geary Community Hospital.
Packer was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.
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GEARY COUNTY –Law enforcement and emergency personnel remain on the scene of a two-vehicle head- on collision, which claimed the life of the driver of a pickup truck.
Geary County Emergency Management Director Garry Berges reported the fire at the scene of the accident has been extinguished, and a Kansas Highway Patrol accident reconstruction team is on the scene working to determine what occurred just prior to the accident.
Southbound traffic is being detoured at the K-82 exit into Wakefield west, while northbound traffic will be detoured around Milford Lake from the U.S. 77 – K-57 intersection on the northwest side of Junction City.
The semi-tractor trailer involved in the accident was carrying frozen hot dogs. Those will have to be cleaned up and removed from the scene.
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GEARY COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities and first responders are investigating an accident that occurred just after 2:30a.m. on Thursday in Geary County.
The head-on collision involved a pickup and a semi on U.S. 77 just south of the Kansas 82 junction, according to Geary County Emergency Management Director Garry Berges.
“The driver of the pickup died in the crash. The semi driver suffered minor injuries,” he said.
U.S. 77 is closed in both directions until approximately 9 or 10 a.m. Thursday. .
Drivers coming from the north are being diverted through Wakefield.
Names of the victims have not been released
Check Hays Post for additional details as they become available.