3 killed, including pastor and his child, in head-on crash on I-135
SALINA — Three people died — including a central Kansas pastor and his 10-year-old daughter — in a head-on crash on Interstate 135 near Salina over the weekend, the Kansas Highway Patrol reported.
The crash happened around 1:30 p.m. Sunday about 8 miles south of Salina, the patrol said, when a northbound pickup truck driven by Christopher Giroux, 24, of Salina, crossed the interstate median into southbound lanes and collided with another pickup truck.
Giroux was killed, as was the driver other driver, 39-year-old Phillip Hett, and his daughter, 10-year-old Abigail Hett, the patrol said. Phillip Hett’s 13-year-old daughter also was in his truck and was rushed to a hospital with serious injuries.
Wichita television station KAKE reported that Phillip Hett was a pastor at a Lindsborg nursing home.
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