RILEY COUNTY, Kan. (KAKE) – One man was killed and a woman was seriously injured after their vehicle was rear-ended by a pickup truck south of Manhattan on Tuesday.

The crash happened just after 11 a.m. on K-177 near milepost 101, approximately 1.1 miles south of Deep Creek Road.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reports a 2005 Super Duty was traveling northbound in the right lane when it rear-ended a 2012 Hyundai Accent.

The truck came to rest on the west shoulder of the highway and the Hyundai came to rest in the east ditch.

The driver of the pickup, a 17-year-old Manhattan boy, was not injured in the crash, the crash log says.

James Echols, 54, of Overland Park, Kansas, was pronounced deceased at the scene. His passenger, a 52-year-old woman, was seriously injured. The patrol says the woma

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