Oct 06, 2024

Kansas man dies after head-on crash with a semi

Posted Oct 06, 2024 11:30 AM

MONTGOMERY COUNTY —One person died in an accident just before 9:30p.m. Saturday in Montgomery County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2008 Toyota Scion driven by Matthew Wayne Creed, 33, Parsons, was northbound on U.S. 169 five and one half miles south of U.S. 400

 A 2025 Freightliner semi driven by Lumomba Kwabene Idlette,  52, Fort Myers, Florida, was southbound. The car crossed the center line and entered the southbound lane.  Both vehicles took evasive action onto the northbound shoulder where the vehicles collided head-on.

Creed was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to Frontier Forensics. Idlette was not injured. Both drivers were properly restrained, according to the KHP.