The driver killed in a crash Thursday afternoon near Arkansas City is identified as 72-year-old Billy Watson, of Baxter Springs.
Cowley County authorities said the incident happened just after 3 p.m. and involved a passenger vehicle and an asphalt milling machine. Watson is reported to have sideswiped a street sweeper, then hit the milling machine.
The Sheriff’s Office reported closing US-166 at the Cowley State Fishing Lake to the east and 141st Road (Cowley 1) to the west after the crash, which happened in a construction zone.
