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Kansas man dies after SUV hit by a semi

FatalAccident3MONTGOMERTY COUNTY – A Kansas man died in an accident just before 4p.m. on Monday in Montgomery County

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2008 Ford Explorer driven by Earl E. Wooldridge, 62, Cherryvale, was eastbound on U.S. 160 five miles south of Cherryvale.

The driver failed to stop at the stop sign at U.S.169. The Explorer was hit by a semi that traveling southbound on U.S.169.

Wooldridge was transported to Coffeyville Regional Medical Center where he died.

The semi driver from Missouri was not injured. Both drivers were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.

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