One person was killed and three taken to the hospital in Lyons after a two vehicle accident in Rice County Friday night.

Killed was 32-year-old Boe E. Keesling of Lyons. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, his vehicle was apparently disabled in the roadway after striking a deer. He had apparently stepped out of his vehicle when he and his vehicle were struck by a vehicle driven by 33-year-old Larry Collier of Hutchinson. Collier was apparently eastbound when the accident occurred.

Three of the passengers in Collier’s vehicle suffered possible injuries and were taken to the hospital in Lyons to be treated. Collier and the passenger in Keesling’s vehicle were uninjured.

The accident occurring at around 7:50 p-m, at 24th Road & Avenue Q, about 11-miles southeast of Lyons.