(KMZA)--A Valley Heights teacher and coach is being remembered.

48-year-old Lamar " Lew" Whitson, III, of Blue Rapids, was killed Friday afternoon in a two-vehicle wreck at the intersection of U.S. 24 and U.S. 77 Highways in Riley County about 4 miles east of Riley.

His wife, Jill, also a teacher at Valley Heights, was seriously injured.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reports Lew Whitson was southbound on U.S. 77 when a northbound car on U.S. 24 driven by 29-year-old Daniel Gray, of Lawrence, attempted to navigate a left turn and collided with his SUV.

Jill Watson was transported to Topeka's Stormont-Vail Hospital.  The Patrol report does not indicate if the other two passengers in the SUV, 18-year-old Haylee Whitson and 12-year-old Emma Whitson, were injured.

Gray and a passenger in his vehicle were not hurt.

A candle vigil for the Whitson family was held Saturday night at the Valley Heights High School football stadium.

Funeral arrangements are pending.