Dec 01, 2024

Kan. man dead, 3 adults, 3-year-old injured in crash

Posted Dec 01, 2024 2:30 AM

NEMAHA COUNTY —One person died in an accident just before noon Saturday in Nemaha County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2017 Ram truck driven by  Mark Eugene Ditmars, 37, Washington, Kansas was southbound on W Road at U.S. 35 approximately five miles west of Fairview.

The driver failed to stop at stop sign and struck a westbound 2017 Honda CR-V driven by Taylar Kathryn Deere-Novotny, 33, Lawrence, broadside. 

A passenger in the Honda William Joseph Novotny, 35, Lawrence, was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported Popkess Funeral Home.

EMS transported Deere-Novotny and a 3-year-old girl in the Honda to the hospital in Sabetha.

EMS transported Ditmars and a passenger in the truck Jonathan Roy Ditmars, 36, Washington, Kansas, to the hospital in Hiawatha. All five were properly restrained, according to the KHP.