Garden City teen dies following head-on crash with semi on U.S. 50

14 March 2023

GARDEN CITY, Kan. (KSNW) – A Garden City teenager is dead following a crash Monday on U.S. Highway 50 east of North Campus Drive.

It happened around 4:15 p.m. The Kansas Highway Patrol says a semi hauling a milk trailer was eastbound on U.S. Highway 50 when it went left of center and collided with a westbound Fiat 500.

The driver of the Fiat, 16-year-old Cassandra K. Linder, was taken to Saint Catherines Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.


Garden City homicide deemed self-defense

The 35-year-old driver of the semi, also from Garden City, was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

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