Marion County, KS — One person was killed and another was hospitalized following an accident with a semi-truck in Marion County, Kansas, on Thursday, September 4, 2014. The accident occurred on Highway 56, near Hillsboro.
According to local authorities, a car being driven by Joyce Smith made a turn in front of on oncoming semi-truck being driven by Grant Unruh. Smith was killed in the accident. Jean Case, a passenger in Smith’s car, was critically injured and taken to Wesley Medical Center.
Unruh was not injured in the accident. Police said that he was not wearing a seat belt.
Scene of the Accident
Commentary
There are still a few things that news reports are leaving out about the accident. Reports say that the car the victims were driving turned in front of the semi-truck. Okay, but in an accident like this, that’s only half of the equation. How fast the semi going? Should the truck have been going slower? Often, the speed of oncoming vehicles is a very hard thing to gauge, even for trained professionals. If the truck were speeding, it’s possible that that’s what caused the accident. Is it also possible the car turned in front of the semi when it shouldn’t have. Both possibilities need to be looked into.
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