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MCPHERSON, Kan., – A Hesston man died in an accident just before 4 p.m. on Wednesday in McPherson County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2000 semi driven by John Douglas Schrock, 48, was southbound on Kansas153.
The truck was traveling too fast to negotiate a curve in the roadway. It hit the median and rolled across the northbound lanes into the east ditch and caught fire.
Schrock died at the scene and the truck burned to the shell.
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MCPHERSON, Kan.– One person had died in a tanker truck accident and fire at Kansas 153 southwest of McPherson. The name of the victim has not been released.
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MCPHERSON, Kan.-First responders are on the scene of a semi tanker accident and fire at the Kansas 153 spur near the airport in McPherson County according to the KHP.
Fire crews were going to let the fire “burn down,” according to McPherson County Sheriff’s office.
Few details are known. Check the Post for more information as it becomes available.