New Mexico man dies in Ford County accident

Ford County, Kan.–A New Mexico man died in a three-vehicle accident Thursday morning just before 10:30 on U.S. Highway 54 in Ford County.

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a 2023 Ford F150 driven by 75-year-old Jack Allan Geick, of Pomeroy, Iowa was westbound on U.S. Highway 54 approximatly 300 yards from 131 Road, when the pickup crossed the center line and struck an eastbound 2014 Subaru Forester driven by 78-year-old Lynn M Mallory of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Debris from the crash struck an eastbound 2024 Freightliner semi driven by 68-year-old Kirk M. Fetterolf of Kansas City, Missouri.

Mallory was pronounced dead at the scene, while Geick a passenger in the Ford, 74-year-old Colette Lei Geick, 74, Pomeroy, Iowa, and a passenger in the Subaru 79-year-old Kathleen McCorkell of Albuquerque, New Mexico, to St. Catherine’s Hospital for their injuries…

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