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One killed, four injured in Nemaha Co crash

By Greg Bebermeyer

11/30/2024

(KMZA)--A late Saturday morning two-vehicle Nemaha County wreck claimed one life and left four others injured.

The Kansas Highway Patrol says it happened at the intersection of U.S 36 Highway and W Road, nearly five miles west of Fairview, shortly after 11:30.

According to the Patrol report, 37-year-old Mark Ditmars, of Washington, Kansas, was driving a pickup truck southbound on W Road when he failed to stop at the stop sign and struck a westbound SUV on U.S. 36 driven by 33-year-old Taylar Deere-Novotny, of Lawrence, broadside.

A passenger in the SUV, 35-year-old William Novotny, of Lawrence, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Ditmars and a passenger in his pickup, 36-year-old Jonathan Ditmars, of Washington, were transported to Hiawatha's Amberwell Health with suspected serious injuries.

Deere-Novotny was transported to the Sabetha Community Hospital with suspected serious injuries, while a three-year-old girl in her vehicle was transported to the hospital with suspected minor injuries.

The Patrol says all the occupants were properly restrained when the wreck occurred.

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