SEDGWICK COUNTY — Three people died in an accident just after 12:30p.m. Wednesday in Sedgwick County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2019 Freightliner semi driven by Brandon M. Collier, 45, Wichita, was northbound Greenwich Road one mile east of Webb Road in Wichita.

A 2017 Ford Fusion driven by Terry L. Wehry, 41, El Dorado, was westbound on Kansas 254.  The vehicles collided at the intersection.

 Wehry and two passengers Renata A. Wehry, 44, and Lonnie W. Jesser, 68, both of El Dorado were pronounced dead at the scene. Both vehicles went into a ditch and caught fire.

Collier was not injured.  The KHP did have seat belt information on the occupants of the Ford.

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say three people have been killed in a fiery wreck in northeast Wichita.

The crash happened around 12:30 p.m. Wednesday on Kansas 254. Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper Chad Crittenden says a northbound box truck collided with a westbound car while crossing Kansas 254. Both vehicles went into a ditch and caught fire.

Crittenden said the three people in the car died at the scene. The patrol is working to identify them.

The truck driver was hospitalized with what are believed to be minor injuries. Crittenden says it appears that the driver didn’t yield before crossing the highway.