Aug 22, 2022

Driver dead after semi trucks involved in Kan. head-on crash

Posted Aug 22, 2022 4:00 PM
Fatal crash investigation early Monday -photo courtesy KWCH
Fatal crash investigation early Monday -photo courtesy KWCH

KINGMAN COUNTY — One person died in an accident just before 1 a.m. Monday in Kingman County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2019 Peterbilt semi driven by Marcus W. Craven, 72, Pueblo, Colorado, was eastbound on U.S. 54 two miles west of Kingman.

The semi  crossed the center line and struck a westbound 2023 Freightliner semi driven by  Johnnie Randall Jones, 61, Greenbrier, Arkansas, head-on.

Craven was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to Livingston Funeral Home. EMS transported Jones to a Wichita hospital.  Both drivers were properly restrained, according to the KHP.