WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – A 34-year-old Wichita man was killed in a crash early Monday on Kansas Highway 96 northwest of Wichita. The collision involved a GMC van and grain truck around 6 a.m. in the median at 151st Street West and K-96.
The Kansas Highway Patrol said the truck carrying grain was stopped at a sign. The GMC van was traveling west on K-96, and for an unknown reason, the van entered the median and struck the semi truck’s trailer.
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The driver of the van, identified as Joseph B. Clementi, was killed in the collision. He wasn’t wearing a seatbelt, according to the KHP report. The driver of the semi, a 57-year-old Emporia woman, wasn’t injured.
Traffic on K-96 was reduced to one lane in each direction as crews worked the crash.
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