THOMAS COUNTY —One person died in an accident just before 10p.m. Friday in Thomas County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2007 Ford F250 pickup driven by Kade Homm, 18, Flagler, Colorado, was southbound on County Road 21 just south of the County Road CC Junction.
At the Y intersection of County Road 21 and a private drive, the pickup traveled off the road and struck a tree row.
A passenger Emma C Brungardt, 21, Blue Rapids, Kansas, was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to Baalmann Mortuary,
EMS transported Homm and passengers Alaura Crockett-Armijo, 20, Larned; Kerstin S. Tommer, 19, Newton; Lakeddah J. Downes, 18, Council Grove and Emma G. Krase, 18, Galva, to Citizens Medical Center. All six were properly restrained, according to the KHP.