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By The News staff
GREAT BEND – A Great Bend man died, and another man was seriously injured Wednesday afternoon when a tire blew on an oncoming semi, causing the truck to cross into their lane on a highway in Barton County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported the 2002 Western Star semi driven by Francisco E. Martinez-Solano, 47, of Bazine, was southbound on U.S. 281 when a front steering tire on the truck blew about a mile north of the Stafford County line.
That caused the truck to cross the centerline into the path of a northbound 2012 GMC Sierra 3500 driven by Gerald A. “Tony” Hinson, 59, of Great Bend, which was also pulling a trailer.