A Kansas State Trooper is involved in a fatality crash in western Kansas.

 

 At around 11:15 on Monday morning, Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper Ethan Masterson was responding to a fatal car accident on K-23 between Hoxie and I-70 in Sheridan County or about 40 miles southeast of Colby.

 

The Trooper was westbound on 100 South Road with emergency lights and siren activated as he approached the intersection at 40 East Road.  The Trooper entered the intersection and struck the driver’s side of a southbound SUV.  As a result of the collision, the male driver 42-year-old Gerald Rahier of Hoxie was pronounced deceased.  A female passenger 38-year-old Arielle Lemos of Hoxie and a 1-year-old passenger were transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. A 3-year-old passenger was air lifted from the collision scene.  The Trooper was treated and released from the scene.

 

The Kansas Highway Patrol Critical Highway Accident Response Team was called to the scene, and this crash remains under investigation at this time.