Apr 02, 2020

Kansas man struck, killed walking on shoulder of highway

Posted Apr 02, 2020 9:00 AM

LABETTE COUNTY — One person died in an accident just before 9:30p.m. Wednesday in Labette County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2007 Ford passenger vehicle driven by Tiffany N. Jakee, 29, Parsons,  was southbound on U.S. 59 south of Larsen Boulevard.

The vehicle traveled left of center, passed another southbound vehicle in a no passing zone, drove partially off the roadway onto the northbound shoulder and struck a pedestrian identified as William A. Treiber, 29, St. Paul, Kansas, who was walking southbound on the northbound shoulder of U.S. 59

Treiber was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to Frontier Forensics. Jakee was not injured and properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.