Three people from Junction City were killed in a car crash Tuesday in north central Kansas a few miles south of Abilene. According to the Highway Patrol, 54-year-old Joel Hynes was driving a Dodge Dakota southbound on Kansas Highway 15 around 3:30 p.m. Hynes made a U-turn and his pickup was hit by a semi.
The pickup entered the east ditch and flipped onto its roof. The semi entered the east ditch and came to rest in a field. The pickup driver and two passengers, 64-year-old Mary Hynes and 78-year-old John Hynes, were pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the semi suffered minor injuries.
