SHAWNEE COUNTY —One person died in an accident just before 5:30p.m. Saturday in Shawnee County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2008 Mercury Grand Marquis driven by Brandon Edward Bumgarner, 26, Topeka, was southbound on Huxman Road.
The car did not clear the stop sign properly at U.S. 24 and the driver failed to see a westbound 2001 Chevy Silverado driven by James Edward Haug, 60, Topeka.
The pickup struck the car on the driver's door and pushed it into the ditch.
Bumgarner was pronounced dead at the scene. EMS transported a passenger in the car Brendan Michael Barker, 26, Topeka, to Stormont Vail. Haug and a passenger in the pickup were not injured. All three were properly restrained, according to the KHP.