TOPEKA — Two people were killed in an accident that involved a Yates Center couple Tuesday.
According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, Steven G. Galarneau, 62, Scranton, was westbound on a county road about 4½ miles north of Topeka and failed to yield at the road’s intersection with U.S. 75.
His pickup was struck by a pickup driven by Leon J. Weber, 56, Yates Center. Weber’s pickup struck Galarneau’s in the driver’s side door.
Both Galarneau and a passenger in his vehicle, David N. Hilleland, 64, Topeka, were declared dead at the scene.
Neither Weber nor a passenger in his pickup, Mary L. Weber, 55, Yates Center, were injured.
All of the subjects were wearing seat belts, according to KHP.
Two dead in accident
