INDEPENDENCE, Kan.- One person was killed and another was injured in an accident just after 9:30 a.m. on Sunday in Montgomery County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2014 Mistubishi SUV driven by Lane Edward Marten, 47, Battle Creek, IA., was eastbound on the entrance ramp to U.S.169 at U.S. 400 and crossing over the highway.

The vehicle failed to stop at a stop sign and drove into the path of a 2012 Ford pickup driven by Michael Wolfe Matchette, 45, Spring Hill.

 

Marten was transported to Labette Health where he died. Matchette was transported to Mercy Hospital. The KHP reported both drivers were properly restrained at the time of the accident.