Feb 25, 2024

Kansas man, woman dead after SUV rear-ends pickup

Posted Feb 25, 2024 12:00 AM

PRATT COUNTY —Two people died in an accident just after 11a.m. Saturday in Pratt County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2012 Honda CRV driven by Uyel R. Martin, 90, Isabel, was eastbound on Kansas 42, approximately two miles east of the the U.S. 281 Junction, east of Sawyer.

The Honda rear-ended a 1978 Ford pickup that was stopped in the eastbound lane. The pickup driver Myburgh Hanekom, 31, Sawyer, was out of the pickup in the ditch.

Martin and a passenger identified as Dovie A Martin, 84, Isabel, were pronounced dead at the scene and were transported to Larrison Mortuary. Hanekom was not injured. Martin was properly restrained, according to the KHP.