May 12, 2025

Kansas man dead, 3 injured after pickup rollover crash

Posted May 12, 2025 9:00 AM

CHEYENNE COUNTY —One person died in an accident just after 9:30p.m. Sunday in Cheyenne County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2000 Chevy Silverado driven by  Juan E. Yanez-Derma, 40, Bird City, was northbound on County Road 10. As the pickup approached County Road E, it was going too fast to make the turn. The vehicle traveled off the roadway and rolled side over side to the north.

EMS transported Yanez-Derma and two passengers Cesar V. Chavez-Alaron, 36, and Bryan G. Alaracon-Martinez, 19,  both of St. Francis to the  Cheyenne County Hospital where Yanez-Derma was pronounced deceased.

EMS transported a third passenger Francisco J. De La Mora-Palomo, 33, St. Francis, to the Goodland Regional Medical Center.  All four were not wearing seat belts, according to the KHP.