Man dies when pickup collides with semi, catches fire along Kansas highway
A 68-year-old man died when a pickup truck collided head-on with a semtractor-trailer and caught fire Saturday in south central Kansas.
The man was identified as Martin McLaughlin of Romulus, Michigan, a Kansas Highway Patrol crash log shows.
The incident was reported at 7:30 p.m. along Kansas Highway 61, roughly two miles east of Turon in Reno County. McLaughlin was heading south on K-61 in a 2024 Ford F-150 pickup truck while a semi was northbound on the same highway.
The pickup collided head-on with the semi in the southbound lane. The F-150 became fully engulfed in flames and the semi ended up in a ditch, the KHP said.
McLaughlin died at the scene of the crash. The semi driver, a 44-year-old man from Ludington, Michigan, was taken to Reno County Hospital with suspected serious injuries, according to the crash report.
This story was originally published February 16, 2025 at 7:06 PM.