RENO COUNTY — A Kansas woman died in an accident just after noon Wednesday in Reno County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2019 Kenworth tractor trailer in the westbound lanes of Kansas 96 in Haven was partially blocking the driving lane while assisting a stranded motorist.
A 2023 Kia Sportage driven by Jaedyn Michalle Douglas, 23, Maize, struck the passenger rear corner of the semi and then rotated counter clockwise and came to rest on the right shoulder of the westbound lane facing southeast.
Douglas was pronounced dead at the scene and she was transported to Johnson Funeral Home. EMS transported the semi driver Aaron Joseph Brewer, 21, Pretty Praire, to Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. A juvenile was present in the Kia; juvenile record is protected data, according to the KHP. Douglas was properly restrained, according to the KHP.