GRAY COUNTY —One person died in an accident just before 6a.m. Sunday in Gray County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2007 Dodge Ram 3500 driven by Edgar Adolfo Rios-Meraz, 22, Satanta, was eastbound on Kansas 144 four miles east of Copeland.
The driver failed to stop at the stop sign at the intersection at U.S. 56 and struck a KDOT post.
The truck crossed U.S. 56, entered into the south ditch and rolled. The driver and passenger identified as 18-year-old Yensin Mabel Servin-Shavez were ejected.
Rios-Meraz was pronounced dead at the scene. EMS transported Servin-Shavez to Wesley Trauma Center. They were not wearing seat belts, according to the KHP. The report did not include Servin-Shavez's hometown.