Louisiana man killed in head-on collision with semi on I-70 in Russell County, KHP says
A Louisiana man died after losing control of his vehicle and being struck head-on by a semi truck around 3:18 p.m. Saturday in Russell County, Kansas Highway Patrol crash logs show.
The collision happened on I-70 near mile marker 186 eastbound, about two miles east of U.S. 281.
Aaron Bostick, 20, of Bastrop, Louisiana, was heading west on I-70 in an unknown model 1994 GMC vehicle. The report says Bostick lost control, went off the road left, across the median and onto eastbound I-70.
Bostick was struck by a semi truck carrying a trailer heading eastbound. The semi was driven by 63-year-old Alan Putman of Tipton, Missouri. Putman was not injured in the incident; Bostick died at the scene.
This story was originally published May 29, 2022 at 2:14 PM.