A 58-year-old Hutchinson man was killed when his vehicle collided with a dump truck in Allen County. Daniel Joseph Heimerman was taken to the Allen County Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 21-year-old Zachary Brian Rose of La Harpe, Kansas was northbound in a dump truck on U-S 59, while Heimerman was stopped in the northbound lane in a Chevy 2500, waiting to turn west on North Dakota Road. A third vehicle driven by 43-year-old Della Dallavalle of Leavenworth was southbound on the highway.
The Rose vehicle struck Heimerman from behind forcing his vehicle into the southbound lane where his vehicle then collided with the GMC Jimmy driven by Dallavalle.
Rose was not injured while Dallavalle was taken to Overland Park Regional Hospital for treatment.
The accident occurring around 12:20 p-m, Saturday on U-S 59, a mile north of the town of Moran in Allen County.