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NOFTSGER, Morris Henry

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Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 10/11/2017 at 05:39:52

OBITUARY ~ MORRIS HENRY NOFTSGER
1952 ~ September 23, 2017

News 9, Associated Press
September 22, 2017

Oklahoma man dies after motorcycle wreck, run over by truck

DORRANCE, Kan. (AP) - The Kansas Highway Patrol says a 64-year-old Oklahoma man was killed when he was hit by a semi-trailer truck after being involved in an earlier crash.

A crash report says two motorcycles were eastbound when they hit a large flatbed trailer in the roadway, causing both motorcycles to crash.

Kansas Highway Patrol reports Morris Henry Noftsger, 64, of Keifer, Oklahoma, was driving a 2015 Harley-Davidson motorcycle on Interstate 70, 3.9 miles east of the Dorrance exit, at 11:53 p.m. Friday. That vehicle and another motorcycle, driven by Valierie Sue Bowen, 47, of Tulsa, struck the tarp, causing them to crash.

Noftsger, of Kiefer, Oklahoma, was lying in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 after that wreck when he was hit and killed by an eastbound semi truck driven by Elizabeth Ann Randall, 25, of Beggs, Oklahoma.

Noftsger died at the scene.

Bowen was injured but refused transport to a medical facility. Both of the cyclists were wearing helmets.

The accident happened Friday about four miles east of the Dorrance exit on the interstate.

Randall, the driver of the semi, was not injured in the collision.

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Great Bend Tribune
Great Bend, Kansas
September 23, 2017

Tarp in road causes fatal motorcycle crash in Russell County

RUSSELL COUNTY, Kan. -- Kansas Highway Patrol says a man riding a Harley Davidson Motorcycle died after he was struck by a semi while in the roadway from previous crash.

The initial crash happened at 11:53 p.m. Friday on I-70 near the Dorance exit. KHP says two motorcycles were eastbound on I-70 when they struck a large commercial vehicle tarp in the roadway. Both motorcycles crashed.

The drivers of both motorcycles were injured in the initial crash. Both were wearing a helmet.

The second crash happened at 11:73 p.m. Friday night.

Authorities say Morris Noftsger, 64 of Kiefer, Oklahoma, was still in the roadway from the initial cash when he was struck by an eastbound semi truck.

The driver of the semi was not injured.

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Morris Henry Noftsger, 64, legal office administrator and Army veteran, passed away Friday, September 22, 2017 near Russell, Kansas.

No Visitation is scheduled.

Memorial service Thursday September 28, 2017 at 10:00 am at United Methodist Church in Bixby, Ok., and graveside service at 2:00 pm, Ft. Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson.

~ Green Hill Funeral Home & Cemetery, Sapulpa OK.

Transcriber's note: Morris was a 1971 graduate of Grand Valley Community School, Kellerton, Iowa. He was the son of Gene Henry & Ruth Noftsger, of Kellerton, and married Julie Baker, also a Grand Valley graduate.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, September of 2017


 

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