HARVEY COUNTY —One person died in an accident just before 2:30p.m. Tuesday in Harvey County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2006 Peterbilt Dump truck driven by Derek S. Tracy, 32, Augusta, was southbound on Ridge Road at U.S. 50 two miles west of Newton. The driver failed to yield for a stop sign before entering the intersection and collided with an eastbound 1988 Cadillac Deville driven by Justin J. Farley, 43, Pretty Prairie. After impact, the Cadillac rolled onto its roof in the ditch on the Southwest corner of the intersection.
Farley was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to Preferred Mortuary. EMS transported Tracy to Wesley Medical Center. Farley was properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.