Sep 18, 2022

Kansas man dies after semi rear-ends another semi

Posted Sep 18, 2022 11:00 AM

GRANT COUNTY —A Kansas man died in an accident just before 3p.m. Saturday in Grant County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2005 Kenworth semi driven by  James Eugene Wilson, 74, Ulysses, was westbound on U.S. 160 fourteen miles west of Ulysses. 

The semi rear-ended a 1982 Peterbilt semi driven by Vernal Keith Lattimore, 39, Ulysses, who was slowing to turn turn left onto Kansas 190.

EMS transported Wilson to Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital. Lattimore was not injured. Both drivers were not wearing seat belts, according to the KHP.