CHEROKEE COUNTY —One person died in an accident just before noon Tuesday in Cherokee County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2007 Volkswagen Jetta driven by Joesph Monroe Reed, 79, Vinita, Oklahoma, was eastbound on Old 166 at Kansas 26 Highway. He stopped at the stop sign at the intersection but failed to yield.
A southbound Ford F650 Tow Truck, towing a Nissan pickup, and driven by Joseph Edward Anderson, 23, Webb City, Missouri struck the drivers side of the Volkswagen as it began to cross the intersection.
Reed was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to Derfelt Funeral Home in Galena. EMS transported a passenger in the Volkswagen Cynthia Kay Conrad, 73, Miami, Oklahoma, to Mercy Hospital in Joplin. Anderson was not injured. All three were properly restrained, according to the KHP.