FORD COUNTY—One person died in an accident just before 6:30p.m. Saturday in Ford County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2017 Toyota Tacoma driven by Bernabe E. Rincon, 28, Dodge City, was eastbound on U.S. 56 two miles east of U.S. 283 in very icy conditions.
The pickup struck the trailer of a jackknifed 2019 International semi driven by Tirso Sataray-Parra, 58, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Rincon was pronounced deceased at the scene. EMS transported a passenger in the Toyota Angel Ramirez, 27, to St. Catherine Hospital. The semi driver was not injured. All three were properly restrained, according to the KHP. The KHP did not release a hometown for Ramirez.