Richard Douglas Smith, 48, killed and three others hurt when car crashes head-on into pickup truck on East 31st Street in Lawrence, Kansas
1 dead, 3 injured in Lawrence head-on crash Wednesday night
Douglas County Sheriff's Office deputies were dispatched to a head-on collision involving a Chevrolet Malibu and a Dodge Ram pickup truck just before 10:45 p.m. Wednesday.
Sheriff’s office identifies Lawrence man who died in crash on 31st Street
Smith was the driver of a Chevrolet Malibu that collided with a Dodge Ram pickup truck in the 600 block of East 31st Street on Wednesday night, as the Journal-World previously reported. By the time deputies arrived at the scene, Smith was dead, and the Dodge pickup truck had caught fire.
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