WASHINGTON COUNTY —One person died in an accident just before 3p.m. Tuesday in Washington County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2022 Moto Guzzi motorcycle driven by Thomas G. Lewis, 68, Firestone, Colorado, was eastbound on U.S. 36 just east of Osage Road.
The motorcycle rear-ended a 1981 John Deere Tractor driven by Schmidt, Jonathan E. Schmidt, 26, Diller, Nebraska. Lewis was ejected from the motorcycle and pronounced dead at the scene. Schmidt was not injured. The KHP did not information on if Lewis was wearing a helmet at the time of an accident.