SALINA, Kan. — The Kansas Highway Patrol says three people died including a central Kansas pastor and his 10-year-old daughter in a head-on crash on Interstate 135 near Salina.
The patrol says the crash happened around 1:30 p.m. Sunday about 8 miles south of Salina. Investigators say a northbound pickup truck driven by 24-year-old Christopher Giroux, of Salina, crossed the interstate median into southbound lanes and collided with another pickup truck. Giroux was killed, as was the driver other driver, 39-year-old Phillip Hett, and his daughter, 10-year-old Abigail Hett. Phillip Hett’s 13-year-old daughter also was in his truck and was rushed to a hospital with serious injuries.
KAKE reports that Phillip Hett was a pastor at a Lindsborg nursing home.
