Oct 03, 2025

Hutchinson man killed in McPherson County accident

Posted Oct 03, 2025 7:30 PM
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MARC JACOBS
Hutch Post 

McPHERSON COUNTY - One person is dead and another injured following a single-vehicle crash early Friday morning in McPherson County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol says the crash happened just after 5:30 a.m. on Interstate 135, about one mile north of Quivira Road.

A car traveling southbound went off the roadway, and when the driver overcorrected, the vehicle rolled multiple times before coming to rest in the southbound lanes, facing southwest.

Nineteen-year-old Joel Guffey of Hutchinson was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the vehicle 20-year-old Bentley D. Eckhoff was taken to Salina Regional Health Center with suspected minor injuries.

Authorities continue to investigate the cause of the crash.