GRAY COUNTY —One person died in an accident just before 9a.m. Friday in Gray County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2019 Ford F150 driven by Roxie Jean Tucker, 70, Copeland, Kansas, was stopped southbound at the stop sign on Kansas 144 and U.S. 56.
A westbound 1999 Peterbilt truck driven by Jeffery Allen Thayer, 37, Moundridge, struck the pickup on the drivers side as it attempted to turn eastbound onto U.S.56.
Tucker and Thayer were transported to St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City where Tucker died. Both drivers were properly restrained, according to the KHP.