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Kansas couple killed when their motorcycle collides with truck, trooper says

KHP logo on Kansas Highway Patrol car in Wichita, Kansas (March 2025)
KHP logo on Kansas Highway Patrol car (March 2025) The Wichita Eagle

A Kansas couple in their early 60s were killed Friday when their motorcycle collided with a pickup, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper.

David A. Koch and Odetta L. Koch of Sabetha died at the scene of the U-36 wreck in Brown County. It happened around 5:04 p.m.

The 61-year-old Baileyville, Kansas, man driving the 2011 GMC Sierra and the woman in the vehicle were not injured, the trooper wrote in a crash report.

David Koch, 63, was driving the 2020 Harley Davidson with his 62-year-old wife on the back when he “crossed center line and struck” the truck, the trooper wrote.

Online records show the two are husband and wife.

This story was originally published May 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM.

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Michael Stavola
The Wichita Eagle
Michael Stavola is a former journalist for The Eagle.
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