from Matt Unruh ~ Great Bend Post

A Claflin woman was killed in a two-vehicle accident in Northeast Barton County early Wednesday morning.

Just after 3:30 a-m, Barton County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a fatality accident.

20-year-old Rachael Stueder was driving northeast on highway 156, while 51-year-old Robin Taylor from Wichita was driving southwest in a Volvo Tractor Trailer pulling two trailers. Taylor noticed Stueder’s vehicle going left of center and tried to swerve to avoid a head on collision, but he said the last trailer didn’t make it off the roadway. Stueder’s vehicle struck the second trailer on the left rear.

Stueder was pronounced dead at the scene, while 20-year-old passenger in her vehicle, Sarah Hickel of Claflin was transported to Great Bend Regional where she was in stable condition as of Wednesday morning.

Taylor was not injured.