Quick Facts:
Where: The accident occurred on U.S. Highway 56 in McPherson County, Kansas.
What Happened: A tractor-trailer and a passenger vehicle collided under unknown conditions.
Participants:
- Driver of passenger vehicle
- Driver of tractor-trailer
Reported Injuries/Fatalities:
- One person, vehicle unknown, killed
Details:
On or about Tuesday, May 10th, 2022, around 12:00 in the afternoon, a major accident between a tractor-trailer and a passenger vehicle left one person dead. Troopers from the KHP said the accident was reported along U.S. Highway 56 in McPherson County, Kansas.
Representatives from the Kansas Highway Patrol said one as-of-yet unidentified individual was killed when a tractor-trailer and a passenger vehicle collided under unspecified circumstances while driving down U.S. Highway 56. Emergency responders pronounced one person dead of their injuries after the accident, but it is not immediately clear if they died at the scene or after they were rushed to a nearby hospital.
According to Google Maps, the scene of the accident is not far from mile marker 270.
State and local agencies assisted after the accident.