RENO COUNTY —One person died in an accident just before 6p.m. Saturday in Reno County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1987 Peterbilt semi driven by Vernon H. Bontrager, 71, Hutchinson, was eastbound on Kansas 96 approaching Worthington Road.
The semi struck a 2015 Nissan Altima driven by Staci L. Eikleberry, 47, Hutchinson, who was stopped at the stop sign to Kansas 96 on Worthington Road and pulled out to turn onto Kansas 96.
Eikleberry was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to the Johnson Co Forensics Lab. Bontrager was not injured. Both drivers were properly restrained, according to the KHP.