LYON COUNTY —One person died in an accident just before 11:30a.m. Saturday in Lyon County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2014 Jeep Cherokee driven by Dorene Kay Metzger, 77, Gridley, Kansas, was northbound on Kansas 130 one half mile southeast of Neosha Rapids.
The Jeep crossed the center line and struck a 2011 Ford F150 driven by Stephen J. Skelton, 80, Hartford head-on.
Metzger was pronounced dead at the scene and she was transported to Charter Funeral Home. EMS transported Skelton to Wesley Medical Center. Both drivers were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.