Accident claims life of Bonner Springs High student

Emergency crews carry an injured passenger to be air lifted to KU Medical Center late Friday morning. An accident involving a 2002 Nissan and a pickup truck at the intersection of Kansas Highway 32 and the entrance to northbound K-7.

The driver of this 1997 Ford pick truck, Daniel Hernandez of Bonner Springs, was injured and taken to Providence Hospital.

A fatality accident claimed the life of a Bonner Springs High School student late this morning at the intersection of Kansas Highway 32 and the exit for northbound Kansas Highway 7.

At 11:12 a.m., the Kansas Highway Patrol was called to an accident involving a 2002 Nissan passenger car and a 1997 Ford pickup truck.

Mark Holmes, 18, who was in the Nissan’s passenger seat, died in the accident. Daniel Perkins, 17, a second passenger, sitting in the back seat, sustained life-threatening injuries and was transported by helicopter to Overland Park Regional Hospital. The driver, Chad Way, had injuries that were not life-threatening and was taken to University of Kansas Hospital.

The Nissan was heading east on Kansas Highway 32, turning left to the northbound exit for K-7, when the pickup truck hit it.

None of the occupants was wearing seat belts.

The driver of the truck, Daniel Hernandez, 40, was injured and taken to Providence Hospital in Kansas City, Kan. He was wearing a seat belt at the time of the accident.

An announcement was made at Bonner Springs High School about the accident and advising students that counseling was available.