GARDEN PLAIN, Kan. (KSNW) — A teen has died following a crash on Thursday.
According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, just before 6 p.m., the 16-year-old was driving a 2011 Chevrolet Silverado northbound on 267th Street West when a 24-year-old man from Wichita was driving a semi-trailer eastbound on U.S. Highway 54/400. They entered the intersection at the same time and crashed into each other.
The KHP reports that Wyatt O. Sobba of Mount Hope was taken to a hospital, where he later died.
The KHP originally reported that there was another child inside the pickup. The condition of the child was not reported, but a KHP trooper told KSN News they were also taken to the hospital.
The 24-year-old semi-driver from Wichita was taken to Ascension Via Christi St. Teresa for the treatment of his injury.