Dec 16, 2021

Woman dies after semi rear-ends SUV in dust storm on Kan. highway

Posted Dec 16, 2021 9:00 AM

HASKELL COUNTY—One person died in an accident just before 1p.m. Wednesday in Haskell County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2005 Peterbilt semi driven by Thomas J. Lear, 66, Garden City, was traveling on U.S. 83 at County Road 230. 

The driver could not see a 2014 GMC Terrain driven by 47-year-old Rocio Marieno- Sanz, stopped in the roadway. The semi rear-ended the SUV.

Marieno- Sanz was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to Swaims Funeral Home. EMS transported a passenger identified as 55-year-old Jose M  Quinonez to Satanta District Hospital. Lear was not injured. 

Quinonez was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP. The KHP did not report where Marieno-Sanz or Quinonez lived.