Emporia man killed in crash involving pickup, semi in Marion County

MARION COUNTY, Kan. (KWCH) - Update: The Kansas Highway Patrol identified the man killed in Thursday morning’s crash near Marion as 32-year-old Gregory Scott Campbell, of Emporia.

The KHP report said in the crash reported a little before 6 a.m., Campbell was driving his 2019 Chevrolet Silverado pickup west on U.S.-56 when the truck crossed the center line and hit an eastbound semi, head-on.

The pickup came to rest in the north ditch and the semi overturned, blocking the highway. The KHP report confirmed that the semi driver was not seriously injured.

One person is dead after a fiery crash in Marion County involving a pickup truck and a semi.

The crash happened about 6 a.m. on U.S. 56, east of Remington Road, near the town of Marion.

The Kansas Highway Patrol said investigators are on the scene to determine what led up to the collision. KHP confirmed that the pickup’s driver died at the scene. The semi driver was not seriously injured.

KHP advised that the Kansas Department of Transportation is rerouting traffic at the scene with a stretch of U.S. 56 likely to be closed for a few hours.