FORD COUNTY —One person died in an accident just before 10:30a.m. Thursday in Ford County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2023 Ford F150 driven by Jack Allan Geick, 75, Pomeroy, Iowa was westbound on U.S. 54 approximatly 300 yards from 131 Road. The pickup crossed the center line and struck an eastbound 2014 Subaru Forester driven by Lynn M Mallory, 78, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Debris from the crash struck an eastbound 2024 Freightliner semi.
Mallory was pronounced dead at the scene. EMS transported Geick a passenger in the Ford, Colette Lei Geick, 74, Pomeroy, Iowa, and a passenger in the Subaru Kathleen McCorkell, 79, Albuquerque, New Mexico, to St. Catherine's Hospital. Jack Geick was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.