Cornfield blocked driver’s view of oncoming semi in deadly crash, Kansas troopers say

A Nebraska man died after a crash in northwest Kansas where a cornfield blocked his view of an oncoming semi.

Emergency crews were called at around 12:12 p.m. Saturday to an injury accident at Rawlins County roads AA and 6, the Kansas Highway Patrol said in a crash report. Two patients were taken to Rawlins County Health Center and one was later pronounced dead at the hospital.

The KHP report identified the deceased man as Derrick D. Bassnett, 50, of Trenton, Nebraska.

Investigators determined Bassnett was driving a 2012 Ford pickup truck eastbound on County Road AA as a semi pulling a water tanker trailer was northbound on County Road 6. Troopers said Bassnett was unable to see the semi because of tall corn and pulled into the intersection, where the semi collided with the passenger side of the pickup.

The 29-year-old Colby man driving the semi was taken to the hospital, but had no apparent injury, the report states.