PRATT, Kan. (KAKE) - A man was killed and a woman suffered serious injuries when their car hit a deer and was then struck by another vehicle in Pratt County.
The accident happened at around 9:15 p.m. Tuesday on U.S. 54 about 10 miles east of Pratt. The Kansas Highway Patrol says a westbound Toyota RAV4 hit a deer and became disabled, sitting sideways in the roadway. A camper van then struck the small SUV on its passenger side.
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The driver of the Toyota, 65-year-old Gregory Hettmansberger, died at the scene. He was from Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. His 70-year-old passenger was being treated at a Wichita hospital.
The 26-year-old man driving the van was not hurt.