NORTON COUNTY —One person died in an accident just after 4p.m. Wednesday in Norton County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2013 BMW motorcycle driven by Alan E. Gantert, 80, Freeville, New York, was eastbound on U.S. 36 one and one half miles west of U.S. 283.
The motorcycle struck the passenger side tires of a 1999 Mack semi driven by Bowman, Robert W. Bowman, 78, Norton, who was making a left turn from U.S. 36 onto Norton County Road W1.
EMS transported Gantert to Kearney Regional Hospital where he died. Bowman was not injured. Gantert was not wearing a helmet, according to the KHP.