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Thursday, May 1, 2014

A traffic accident on K-61 five miles north of Pratt left two people in their 70s dead Friday morning.

The Kansas Highway Patrol said Halstead residents Ronald J. Werner, 75, and Kathleen L. Werner, 73, were heading south on the highway in a 2004 Ford Taurus when a northbound truck crossed the center line about 10 a.m. The truck, a 2008 Chevrolet Avalanche, crossed far enough over that it slammed into the car on its passenger side, Trooper Mark Crump said by phone, and flipped on its roof.