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One person dies in crash near Augusta

by Angela Smith

KWCH 12 Eyewitness News

1:50 PM CST, January 4, 2013

(BUTLER COUNTY, Kan.)

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At least one person has died after a semi and a passenger vehicle collided head-on in Butler County.

Dispatchers say they received a call about the crash at 11:50 a.m. It happened on Hwy 77 & 120th St., just south of Augusta.

The Kansas Highway Patrol says driver of the car was driving northbound on Hwy 77, when he crossed the center lane and collided with the on-coming semi.

The driver of the car was killed in the crash. The driver of the semi was taken to the hospital in fair condition.

The victim's name has not been released.