Aug 22, 2022

Driver dead after Kingman Co. head-on semi crash

Posted Aug 22, 2022 4:43 PM
Fatal crash investigation early Monday -photo courtesy KWCH
Fatal crash investigation early Monday -photo courtesy KWCH

KINGMAN Kan. —One person died in an accident early Monday in Kingman County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a semi driven by 72-year-old Marcus W. Craven,  of Pueblo, Colorado was eastbound on U.S. when his semi crossed the center line and struck a westbound semi driven by  61-year-old Johnnie Randall Jones, of Greenbrier, Arkansas, head-on.

Craven was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to Livingston Funeral Home. EMS transported Jones to St. Francis Medical Center in Wichita with serious injuries.  

The accident happened around 12:45 a.m. two miles west of Kingman