APRIL 8, 2015
MCPHERSON, KANSAS
Troopers have identified the driver of a tanker truck who
died when the semi rolled over and burst into flames.
It happened shortly after 3:30 p.m. Wednesday near K-61 and
K-153 on the southwest side of the city of McPherson near NCRA. According to
the Kansas Highway Patrol, the truck was southbound on K-153 but was going too
fast to negotiate the curve. The tanker struck the median, rolled across the
northbound lanes into the east ditch and burst into flames.
Investigators said the truck was hauling diesel fuel or home heating oil.
McPherson firefighters let the fire burn off until it was safer to approach.
Once the fire was extinguished, they found a man dead
inside. He's been identified as 48-year-old John Douglas Schrock of Hesston.
Source:ksn.com/kake.com