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.