BAXTER SPRINGS — One Oklahoma man died and two different four-state residents have been injured in a two-vehicle accident Monday afternoon north of Baxter Springs on U.S. 69 Alternate.
According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, the accident occurred at 3:05 p.m. Monday on U.S. 69 Alternate 1.5 miles north of U.S. 166.
A 2006 Pontiac G-6 pushed by Trey Cunningham, 20, Grove, Oklahoma, was northbound on the freeway and crossed the middle line and struck a southbound 2016 GMC pickup pushed by Shannon L. Taft, 51, Baxter Springs.
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Cunningham was taken to Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, the place he died. His passenger, Valeria Lerma, 21, Miami, Oklahoma, was taken to Mercy Hospital in Joplin for a suspected critical harm. Taft was taken to Freeman for a suspected critical harm as effectively. Taft and Lerma wore seat belts. Cunningham didn’t, the KHP report mentioned.
