Overland Park man killed in crash in northeast Kansas

SABETHA – Authorities say two people have died in a crash near the northeast Kansas town of Sabetha.

The Kansas Highway Patrol says a truck has slammed into the side of a sport utility vehicle that entered into U.S. 75 on Wednesday without halting at a stop sign.

Killed was the truck’s 80-year-old driver, James F. Hunter, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and the SUV’s 47-year-old driver, Douglas L. Rehfeld, of Overland Park.

The patrol says a woman in the truck was taken to a hospital with injuries.

This story was originally published February 25, 2016 at 11:15 AM with the headline "Overland Park man killed in crash in northeast Kansas."