Posted June 22, 2019 08:05am
(KAIR)--A Friday evening two-vehicle Atchison County crash claimed the life of an elderly Lancaster man.
The Kansas Highway Patrol says the wreck happened at the intersection of U.S. 73 Highway and 286th Road in Lancaster.
The Patrol says a semi truck driven by 52-year-old Dana Jenkins, of Omaha, was northbound on U.S. 73 when it struck a westbound pickup truck on 286th Road driven by 81-year-old Gerald Parker.
Parker, who was wearing a seatbelt, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Jenkins, who was also wearing a seatbelt, was not hurt.
The wreck was reported shortly after 7:15 Friday evening.