SALINE COUNTY – A Salina man died in an accident just before 8p.m. Saturday in Saline County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2012 Volvo passenger car driven by Jose A. Torres-Rodriguez, Junction City, was eastbound on Interstate 70 three miles west of Solomon.
The driver was attempting to avoid an accident that was in the left hand lane and struck a 1993 Jeep SUV from behind.
The Jeep was unoccupied and disabled in the right lane. The owner Kelly J. Turner, 61, Salina, was outside of the vehicle when it was hit.
Turner died at the scene and was transported Carlson-Geisendorf Funeral Home.
Torres-Rodriguez and a passenger Victoria G. Torres, 59, Junction City, were transported to Salina Regional Medical Center.
