PHILLIPS COUNTY —One person died in an accident just after 10p.m. Friday in Phillips County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2014 Dodge Journey driven by Kamryn A. Bruning, 15, Phillipsburg, was southbound on 1st Street just north of U.S. 36.
The driver noticed a pedestrian identified as David L. Rose, 72, Phillipsburg, walking northbound in the southbound lane of the street.
The driver attempted an avoidance maneuver, steering to the left. The front passenger side of the SUV struck Rose and he came to rest in a driveway on the west side of the street. EMS transported Rose to the Phillips County Hospital where he was pronounced deceased.
Bruning was not injured an properly restrained, according to the KHP.