Western Kansas woman pronounced dead after crash with semi

COPELAND, Kan. (WIBW) – A Western Kansas girl was pronounced useless by hospital workers after a crash with a semi-truck on a state freeway over the weekend.

The Kansas Freeway Patrol Crash Log signifies that simply after 8:45 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 6, emergency crews have been referred to as to the realm of the U.S. Freeway 56 and Kansas Freeway 144 junction northeast of Copeland with experiences of a critical collision.

When officers arrived, they stated they discovered a 2019 Ford F-150 pushed by Roxie Jean Tucker, 70, of Copeland, had been stopped on the cease signal on Kansas Freeway 144 at Freeway 56. On the identical time, a 1999 Peterbilt semi-truck pushed by Jeffery Allen Thayer, 37, of Moundridge, had been headed west on 56.

KHP stated that Tucker tried to show onto eastbound 56 when she was hit on her driver’s aspect by Thayer’s truck.

Officers famous that Tucker was rushed to St. Catherine Hospital in Backyard Metropolis with life-threatening accidents, nonetheless, she was pronounced useless by hospital workers shortly after her arrival. Thayer was additionally taken to St. Catherine with suspected minor accidents. Each drivers have been sporting their seatbelts on the time of the crash.

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