A tractor-trailer driver died, and his passenger suffered serious injuries after a Thursday morning crash on US 69 Highway north of West 207th Street in Johnson County.
The driver, Eugene Merrell, 48, of Tonganoxie, Kansas, was driving a 2005 Peterbilt tractor-trailer truck north on US 69 Highway at 7:18 a.m. when the accident occurred, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol crash log.
The crash log states that the truck ran off the road to the right, struck the bridge rail over West 207th Street, crossed into the number one lane and into the median…