Jan 19, 2021

3 dead after head-on Kansas crash, fire

Posted Jan 19, 2021 11:20 AM

WILSON COUNTY— Three people died in an accident just before 6:30p.m. Monday in Wilson County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2006 Dodge Ram 1500 driven by Curtis D. Wilkins, 40, Cambridge, Kan., was westbound on U.S Highway 400 in the left lane.

The pickup crossed the center line and struck a 2011 Ford F150 driven by Tiffany Lynn Bekemeier, 39, Aurora, Missouri, head-on. Both vehicles caught fire and came to rest in the eastbound lane of the highway.

Wilkins, Bekemeier and a passenger in the Ford Randy Lynn Carlisle, 16, Aurora, Missouri, died in the crash. The KHP did not report seat belt information.