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Missouri man dead after crash on the Kansas Turnpike in Lyon County

One dead after crash on Kansas Turnpike
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A Missouri man is dead after a traffic accident on the Kansas Turnpike. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, the accident involved 2 semi trucks on the Turnpike near Emporia around 10 Monday night.

A semi with a trailer was parked on the right shoulder. A north-bound semi crashed into the trailer, knocking it into a ditch. The north-bound semi then caught fire.


35-year-old Yuriy Lendel was pronounced dead at the scene. Heavy equipment was called in to move debris off the lanes of the turnpike. North-bound lanes of the Turnpike were shut down several hours.