Two people were killed in separate crashes in Western Kansas Saturday. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the first crash happened just east of Garden City on K-156.
KHP says 73-year-old JD Brewer was riding his motorcycle when he swerved to avoid debris in the roadway. He lost control and left the roadway.
Brewer was killed. No other vehicles were involved.
Authorities say he was wearing a helmet.
The second deadly crash happened Saturday afternoon in Gray County. KHP says 21-year-old Joseph Combs of Garden City was headed west on Highway 50 when his car moved into the oncoming lanes and struck a semi head-on.
Combs was killed in the crash.
The driver of the semi was not seriously hurt.
