5:30 p.m. UPDATE Officials reported on Sunday afternoon that Shawn Schellinger, injured in Saturday’s motorcycle accident in Great Bend has died. The Kansas jail deputy and his were injured in motorcycle accident on a Barton County street.
Great Bend police say the collision happened Saturday when a trailer carrying a lawnmower disconnected from a pickup truck and hit a motorcycle ridden by Shawn and Danielle Schellinger.
Both were flown to a Wichita hospital, where Danielle Schellinger died late Saturday.
The accident remains under investigation.
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GREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas jail deputy was critically injured and his wife died in a motorcycle accident on a Barton County street.
Great Bend police say the collision happened Saturday when a trailer carrying a lawnmower disconnected from a pickup truck and hit a motorcycle ridden by Shawn and Danielle Schellinger.
Both were flown to a Wichita hospital, where Danielle Schellinger died late Saturday. KHOK-FM reports that Shawn Schellinger, who is a Reno County jail deputy, remained in critical condition Sunday.