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KHP: Former Winfield police chief was 'good Samaritan' killed on K-96 (VIDEO)

By Beccy Tanner
Kansas Highway Patrol troopers investigate the scene of a fatal accident on westbound K-96 at Rock Road on Monday afternoon. Highway Patrol spokesman Gary Warner said a truck carrying Sheetrock lost some of its cargo on K-96 and cars were swerving to avoid it. A “good Samaritan,” said Warner, stopped to remove the Sheetrock from the road when a semi-truck driver swerved into the median to avoid colliding with a car in front of him. The semi struck the good Samaritan, killing him.
Kansas Highway Patrol troopers investigate the scene of a fatal accident on westbound K-96 at Rock Road on Monday afternoon. Highway Patrol spokesman Gary Warner said a truck carrying Sheetrock lost some of its cargo on K-96 and cars were swerving to avoid it. A “good Samaritan,” said Warner, stopped to remove the Sheetrock from the road when a semi-truck driver swerved into the median to avoid colliding with a car in front of him. The semi struck the good Samaritan, killing him. The Wichita Eagle

A 61-year-old El Dorado man who was struck and killed near K-96 and Rock Road on Monday afternoon has been identified.

Larry W. Dobbs, a former Winfield police chief, was outside his pickup shortly before 3 p.m. Monday walking in the median in an attempt to pick up Sheetrock that had flown off the back of another pickup truck. According to Kansas Highway Patrol spokesman Gary Warner, several vehicles had slowed down to avoid hitting the Sheetrock when “a good Samaritan” – Dobbs – attempted to help.

A 2006 Mack truck hauling rock gravel swerved into the median to avoid rear-ending the slowed vehicles but struck Dobbs.

The semi truck was driven by 66-year-old Kenneth Knebler of Wichita.

The accident happened just before 3 p.m. Monday in the westbound lanes of K-96, a Sedgwick County 911 dispatcher said. Dobbs was pronounced dead at the scene.

The accident was west of Rock Road at K-96 mile-marker 294.2.

Several passersby saw the semi hit the person, the dispatcher said, and called 911.

This story was originally published August 4, 2014 at 3:52 PM with the headline "KHP: Former Winfield police chief was 'good Samaritan' killed on K-96 (VIDEO)."

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