Arkansas man dies in head-on crash in southeast Kansas

EARLTON (KSNT) - A 40-year-old man from Arkansas died in a head-on crash just northeast of Earlton in Neosho County.

At 3:05 p.m. on Monday, 40-year-old Dean Branson was driving a 2003 Chevy truck southbound on U169 Highway. Branson was passing vehicles on the northbound shoulder. A 51-year-old man from Jefferson City, Missouri was driving a 2021 Chevy Traverse northbound, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol crash log.

The two drivers collided head-on. Branson was taken...