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Haven man dies after rear-end crash into motorhome, fire

UPDATE 3:40 p.m.  Editor’s note: The original version of this story incorrectly reported details of the accident.

MCPHERSON COUNTY — A Kansas man died in an accident just before 3:30 a.m. Thursday in McPherson County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2017 Mitsubishi Mirage driven by David L. Chamberlain Jr., 51, Haven, was southbound on Interstate 135 just south of Navajo Road.

The vehicle rear-ended a 1989 Rockwood Motorhome driven by Kenneth R. Shriver, 27, Wichita. The Mitsubishi then entered the west ditch, traveled through a KDOT fence and caught fire.

Chamberlain was pronounced dead at the scene.

Shriver was not injured. Chamberlain was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.

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