One person died in a wreck on the turnpike overnight, dispatch says
One person died in a wreck on the Kansas Turnpike overnight Wednesday, according to a Sedgwick County Dispatch supervisor.
The wreck was reported at 1:31 a.m. near the Haysville/Derby toll exit. All northbound traffic was diverted at the exit, according to a tweet from the Kansas Turnpike.
All the lanes were reopened at about 6 a.m.
The wreck happened when a 41-year-old man attempted to turn through a barrier wall and was hit by northbound car driven by a 50-year-old Topeka man, according to a report from the Kansas Turnpike.
The report says the man who turned, Robert R. Tanner, of Wichita, was killed.
KTA Alert: Due to a crash NB on I35 the Turnpike south of Wichita, all NB traffic must exit at MP 39, the Haysville/Derby exit.
— Kansas Turnpike (@KansasTurnpike) January 10, 2018
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This story was originally published January 10, 2018 at 6:24 AM with the headline "One person died in a wreck on the turnpike overnight, dispatch says."