PAWNEE COUNTY —A Kansas woman died in an accident just before 4:30a.m. Friday in. Pawnee County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2008 Nissan passenger car driven by Courtney Dawn Towery, 28, Larned, was eastbound on Kansas 156, just east of Kansas 265.
The vehicle left the roadway and traveled into the south ditch. The driver over corrected. The car returned to the roadway and traveled left of center. A 2008 Kenworth semi driven by Asael Hernandez-Salas, 45, Syracuse, Kansas, struck the Nissan.
Towery was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to Beckwith Mortuary. Hernandez-Salas was not injured. Both drivers were properly restrained, according to the KHP.