TOPEKA – It was a deadly Labor Day weekend on Kansas highways. Six people died in accidents, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.
Just after 6 p.m. on Friday Ivan L. Perkins, 71, Rolla, was killed when his Pontiac Montana was eastbound on U.S. 56 six miles west of Rolla crossed left of center and hit a semi.
Just after midnight on Saturday morning, Danny Riddle, 25, Fredonia, died when he was ejected from a Toyota passenger vehicle that was westbound on Kansas 47 two miles east of Kansas 400 in Wilson County. The vehicle driven by Lane B. Colby, 21, Fredonia, veered left of center, entered the south ditch, became airborne, hit the embankment and ejected both occupants.
Colby was transported to Fredonia Regional Hospital.
Just after 11a.m. on Saturday Marjorie L. Bice, Plainville, died at Wesley Medical Center from injuries in a 3-vehicle crash at the intersection of U.S. 281 and U.S. 50 in Stafford County.
She was a passenger in a Ford Escort driven by George H. Wiebe, 77, St. Louis, Missouri. The driver failed to yield at the intersection, pulled in front of and collided with a 2004 Honda Accord driven by Jonathan D. Ensz, 22 Cimarron that was eastbound on U.S. 50.
The Honda also collided with a 2010 Dodge Avenger driven by Gary D. Lumm, 53, Parsons that was stopped northbound on U281 at U50.
Wiebe and a passenger in the Honda Rachel J. Ensz, 17, Cimarron, were transported to Stafford County Hospital.
Just after noon on Saturday, Reid Allen Bressler, 51, Ozawkie, died after the Chevy Silverado he was driving southbound on Ferguson Road in Jefferson County left the road, hit some trees, and he was ejected.
Just after 9p.m. on Saturday Tyler R. Karraker, 19, Little River, died in an accident after his Chevy S-10 pickup hit a horse trailer pulled by a pickup at the intersection of Kansas 61 and Comanche Road in McPherson County. After the crash, a northbound semi hit the S-10 pickup. Karraker was transported to the hospital in Hutchinson where he died.
Just before 4p.m. on Sunday, Daniel M. McCormick, 77, Stratton, CO., was driving a Honda motorcycle westbound on Interstate 70 six miles east of Goodland in Sherman County.
The motorcycle stuck a westbound GMC Envoy on the passenger side.
McCormick lost control of the motorcycle. It slid and rolled into the median.
McCormick was transported to the hospital in Goodland where he died.