Nov 06, 2022

Great Bend man hospitalized after head-on crash

Posted Nov 06, 2022 9:30 PM

FORD COUNTY —A Great Bend man was injured in an accident just before 10:30a.m. Sunday in Ford County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2006 Dodge Caravan driven by John Wayne King, 60, Great Bend, was westbound on U.S. 50 just west of 132 Road.

The van traveled left of center and struck an eastbound 2015 Freightliner semi driven by Katorrii Lecharles Tucker, 30, Monroeville, Alabama, head-on.

EMS transported King and  Tucker to the hospital in Dodge City. The KHP had incomplete seat belt usage information.