Gardner man dies in Interstate 35 accident Friday

A 62-year-old Gardner man died in a two-vehicle accident on Interstate 35 in Ottawa Friday afternoon. According to a report from the Kansas Highway Patrol, the accident occurred near mile marker 187 about 5:18 p.m. The victim and his passenger were traveling southbound when another vehicle traveling northbound crossed the median and struck the second vehicle head on. The passenger, a 50-year-old Wellsville woman, was treated and released from Overland Park Regional Medical Center. The driver of the northbound vehicle, a 30-year-old Lenexa woman, is still at the hospital in stable condition.