Feb 28, 2020

Saline County man dies after pickup crash into train

Posted Feb 28, 2020 11:30 AM
First responders on the scene of Thursday's fatal crash <a href="https://www.kwch.com/content/news/1-dead-in-Marion-County-crash--568269421.html">photo courtesy KWCH</a>
First responders on the scene of Thursday's fatal crash photo courtesy KWCH

MARION COUNTY — One person died in an accident just after 7p.m. Thursday in Marion County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2003 Ford F150 driven by Ronald L. Myhre, 50, Gypsum, was southbound on Kansas 15 just south of the city limits of Durham. The pickup struck a westbound Union Pacific train.

Myhre was pronounced dead at the scene. He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.