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1 killed, 1 injured in 2-vehicle crash near Tonganoxie

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One person was killed, and one seriously injured, in a two-vehicle crash near Tonganoxie Friday afternoon.

The Kansas Highway Patrol said Gary W. Story, 83, of Tonganoxie, was westbound on 24 Highway just after noon, when he reportedly disregarded a red turn arrow, and pulled in front of a 2019 GMC Sierra traveling eastbound on 24 at Stone Creek Drive.

The vehicles collided in the intersection.

Story was killed in the crash. A passenger, Edris S. Welsh, 81, also of Tonganoxie, suffered serious injuries.

Danielle R. Herring, 38, of Tonganoxie, was driving the GMC Sierra, and suffered only minor injuries and was not transported from the scene.