SEWARD COUNTY – A Kansas man died in an accident just before 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday in Seward County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2015 Ford Taurus driven by Michael W. Riedel, 62, Liberal, was eastbound on U.S. 54 twelve miles west of Liberal.

The Ford crossed the centerline and collided with a westbound Volvo semi.

Riedel was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Miller’s Mortuary.

The semi driver Guillermo Pimentel, 57, Conroe, TX., was also injured. The KHP did not indicate where he was treated.

Both drivers were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.