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A Lifesave helicopter leaves the scene of Saturday s crash on Kansas Highway 130 just south of Neosho Rapids. Chuck Samples/KVOE News
A Lyon County man has now died following a two-vehicle fatality crash that occurred near Neosho Rapids Saturday.
According to the Kansas Highway patrol the accident occurred shortly before 11:30 am on Kansas Highway 130 less than a mile south of Neosho Rapids. An SUV driven by 77-year-old Dorene Metzger of Gridley was northbound and crossed the the center line colliding with a southbound pickup driven by 80-year-old Hartford resident Stephen Skelton.
Metzger was pronounced dead at the scene. Skelton was transported from the scene by a Lifesave helicopter to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. Skelton died of his injuries shortly after 8 pm.