BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) Authorities in Kansas have identified the Oklahoma residents killed in the weekend crash and explosion of a gasoline tanker truck south of Wichita.
The fatal wreck happened around 3:15 p.m. Saturday on the Kansas Turnpike near Belle Plaine.
The Turnpike Authority on Monday identified the victims as 57-year-old Kelly Stark, of Tulsa, and his passenger, 54-year-old Jennie Smith of Wagner, Okla.
Investigators say the northbound semi struck a guardrail on bridge, then skidded into a ditch where it caught fire and exploded.
