Dec 06, 2019

Kansas woman dies after crash with a semi

Posted Dec 06, 2019 1:30 AM

THOMAS COUNTY — One person died in an accident just before noon Thursday in Thomas County.


The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2012 Ford Fusion driven by Shanelle M. Padilla, 24, Rexford, was eastbound on U.S. 24 three miles west of Colby.


The Ford traveled left of center and struck a westbound Freightliner semi driven by Colton Judge Hackbart, 21, Seward, Nebraska.


 EMS transported Padilla and Hackbart to the hospital in Colby where Padilla died. She was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.