The crash happened along U.S. Highway 169 near its intersection with Virginia Road in Franklin County, Kansas, when the driver of a SUV attempted to pass a slower vehicle and struck a car going in the opposite direction head-on, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol. Eight people from the two vehicles were killed.

A tragic crash in southeastern Kansas Sunday evening claimed the life of an Ames man with deep ties to Iowa State University.Alex Ernst, 37, was one of eight pe

An Iowa man was killed in a head-on crash in Kansas over the weekend. At around 5:43 p.m. on Sunday the Kansas Highway Patrol responded to a report of a head-on crash on US 169 northeast of Virginia Road in rural Franklin County.