REPUBLIC COUNTY —One person died in an accident just before 5a.m. Wednesday in Republic County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2012 Ford F150 driven by Xavier Clark Robison, 20, Republic, Kansas, was southbound in the northbound lanes of U.S. 81 four and one half miles north of Bellville.
The pickup struck a northbound 2024 International semi driven by Lal Shafi Rahman Lal Shah Mir, 34, Austin, Texas, head-on.
Robison was pronounced dead a the scene and was transported to Bachelor-Faulkner-Dart-Surber Funeral Home.
EMS transported Lal Shah Mir and a passenger Rahman al Shahmir, Mali Rahman, 33, Austin, Texas, to the Republic County Hospital. Robison was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.