Apr 25, 2023

UPDATE: Abilene man killed in head-on collision on K-15

Posted Apr 25, 2023 6:03 PM

By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post

DICKINSON COUNTY - An Abilene man was killed early this morning in a head-on collision on Kansas Highway 15.

According to information from the Kansas Highway Patrol, Eric Kenneth Skilling, 43, of Abilene, was northbound on K-15 in a Ford F150 pickup when for an unknown reason, the pickup crossed the center line at a slight bend in the roadway, striking head on a tractor-trailer rig driven by Stanton Neal Uffman, 54, of Greenleaf.

The wreck occurred at 5:50 a.m. Tuesday, approximately a mile north of Kansas Highway 4.

Uffman was transported to Abilene Memorial Hospital, according to KHP.

Neither driver was properly restrained, KHP reported.

Both vehicles were removed from the scene by wrecker.

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From the Kansas Highway Patrol Troop C Facebook page:

TRAFFIC CRASH

K-15 is closed at 700 Ave in Dickinson County due to a traffic crash. This is one mile north of K4 / K15 intersection

Expect delays as traffic is rerouted through the area.

Our KHP Critical Highway Accident Response Team (CHART) is responding to the scene.

Map courtesy <a href="https://www.facebook.com/KHPTroopC">Kansas Highway Patrol Troop C Facebook page</a>
Map courtesy Kansas Highway Patrol Troop C Facebook page

Salina Post will have more information as it becomes available.