Gray County, KS — May 9, 2024, Bruce Sonday was killed and Everett Koehn was injured following a truck accident at around 10:35 a.m. on County Road 10.
The Kansas Highway Patrol says the incident happened at the intersection of County Road 10 and G G Road, southwest of Montezuma.
From initial reports, it appears that 52-year-old Bruce Sonday was in a Ford F-550 going eastbound on G G Road. 69-year-old Everett Koehn was in a semi-truck traveling northbound on C.R. 10. At the intersection, the two trucks collided. Sonday was killed while Koehn had reportedly serious injuries.
Right now, exact details remain unconfirmed.
Commentary by Attorney Michael Grossman
One of the challenges surrounding a lot of commercial vehicle wrecks is people are quick to try and blame one driver or the other. For one, it’s important to avoid hasty assumptions when the evidence isn’t clear yet. On top of that, though, a lot of deadly truck accidents are the result of a mistake by a driver’s employer.
Let me give an example. I recall a case from a while back where authorities said a truck driver crashed because he was texting and driving. The evidence showed that was true, but it also showed something authorities failed to address. The driver was texting his supervisor. This supervisor would constantly hound drivers all day, micromanaging them and demanding they respond immediately. If they took too long, they risked getting in trouble and even fired. Naturally, these drivers, trying to put food on their table, did what they could to appease their unreasonable boss, and it led to a mistake that a driver working for a more responsible employer likely wouldn’t have.
I’m not saying that happened here, but it might shock folks to know how often a deadly truck wreck was caused by something that began long before the crash itself. Any experienced trucker our there can attest that some companies just care more about their bottom line than the safety of others—even their own drivers. The same could prove true here, but it’s going to depend on thorough accident reconstructions to determine the events leading up to the crash. I can only hope authorities here are being more thorough than usual and not letting anything important slip through the cracks.
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