6 April 2023
EMPORIA (KSNT) – Two people are dead after a multi-vehicle crash on a Lyon County highway.
Kansas Highway Patrol dispatch confirms troopers were called the scene of a fatality crash just after 6 p.m. Wednesday on U.S. Highway 50, a couple miles west of Emporia.
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Local radio station KVOE reports the Lyon County sheriff confirmed two people were killed and a child was taken to a nearby hospital with injuries. They said the accident involved two semi trucks and three passenger cars.
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The Kansas Department of Transportation reports the road is expected to be closed in both directions until after midnight. Troopers are on scene investigating the crash.
This is a developing story and will be updated as new information becomes available.