WILSON COUNTY —One person died in an accident just after 6p.m. Tuesday in Wilson County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2011 Chevy Malibu driven by James R. White, Jr., 54, Parsons, was eastbound on U.S. 400 just east of Kansas 39 Highway.
The Malibu crossed the center line into the westbound lanes of traffic.
A westbound 2008 Dodge Ram driven by Korey W. Ladenburger, 23, Larned, attempted to avoid the collision by entering the eastbound lanes, but the Malibu crossed back into the eastbound lanes and struck the Dodge head-on.
White was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to Frontier Forensics. EMS transported Ladenburger to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. The KHP had incomplete seat belt usage information.