FORT SCOTT — A 22-year-old Mapleton motorcyclist was killed in a head-on crash three miles east of Fort Scott Tuesday. Joshua Bassett, 22, Fort Scott, was driving a car west on U.S. 54, when he drifted left of the center line and struck a motorcycle driven by Justin Hueston, who was killed, the Kansas Highway Patrol said. Bassett received what the highway patrol described as disabling injuries and taken to Freeman Hospital in Joplin, Mo. He was wearing a seat belt.
Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2 p.m.