Paula J. Kissner, 66, dies and Amanda G. Petersen, 17, suffers disabling injuries after semi runs through stop sign, striking pickup south of Dodge City, Kansas

Modified Date: 
Tue, 05/21/2019 - 3:35pm
Accident Date: 
Monday, April 6, 2015

Wisconsin woman killed in crash with semi in southwest Kansas

A Wisconsin woman was killed Monday afternoon when the pickup truck in which she was a passenger was struck by a semi-trailer that authorities said failed to stop at a stop sign at an intersection about five miles south of Dodge City in Ford County.

Wisconsin woman killed in semi vs. SUV crash near Dodge City

Troopers said SUV passenger, 66-year-old Paula Kissner of Webster, Wisc., died at the hospital, while another passenger, 17-year-old-Amanda Petersen of Inver Grove Heights, Minn., was flown by medical helicopter to Via Christi St. Francis in critical condition.

Monday at 1:52 p.m. at the intersection of US-283 highway and Saddle Road, a westbound 2000 Peterbilt semi-trailer failed to stop at a stop sign at US-283 highway. It struck the passenger side of a 2011 Dodge Durango pickup that was northbound on US-283. The semi driver, 40-year-old Sergio Sorianogarcia of Imperial, California was taken to Western Plains Regional Hospital in Dodge City for treatment of his injuries. 

People Involved: 
Paula J. Kissner
Sergio Sorianogarcia
Amanda G. Petersen
Dale C. Kissner

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