RILEY COUNTY —One person died in an accident just after 5:30a.m. Thursday in Riley County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2003 Ford Explorer driven by Brandon Lane Hanschu, 42, Manhattan, was westbound on Kansas 18 just east of Scenic Drive.
The SUV struck the remains of a dead deer, lost control and struck two pedestrians identified as 20-year-old Jhon Paulo Reid and 24-year-old Jarde Lachelle Hill both of Manhattan.
Reid was checking his vehicle on the left inside shoulder from a non injury accident that had occurred just prior. Hill was checking her vehicle on the left inside shoulder from a car vs deer non injury accident that had also occurred just prior.
EMS transported Reid and Hill to Via Christi in Manhattan where Reid was pronounced deceased. Hanschu was properly restrained and not injured, according to the KHP.