U.S. 56

The Kansas Highway Patrol says blowing dust caused an accident that killed a man in central Kansas.

Brandon H. Stein, 30, of Great Bend, died Monday afternoon in an accident on U.S. 56 about seven miles west of Great Bend.

A 46-year-old Marion man was killed Monday morning when he crashed into the back of a semi-trailer truck on U.S. 56 near Hillsboro, the Kansas Highway Patrol reported.