Jan 11, 2022

Driver dies after car rear-ends a semi on Kan. highway

Posted Jan 11, 2022 9:45 PM

DONIPHAN COUNTY—A  man died in an accident just after 8:30a.m. Tuesday in Doniphan County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2005 Honda Accord driven by Raymond Sauter, 59, St. Joseph, was westbound on U.S. 36 one mile west of Kansas 238.

The Honda rear-ended a 2019 Freightliner semi driven by  Robert Varnum, 57, Watertown Massachusetts, that had slowed due to another vehicle and report of a dog in the road, according to the  KHP.

Sauter was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to Rupp Funeral Home.  Varnum and a passenger were not injured. Sauter was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.