Diane Lister was driving her 2019 Cadillac XT5 west on Interstate 70 near Junction City on Wednesday afternoon. She was 62 years old and headed home to Chapman. Up ahead a police chase was already underway.
Deputies from Geary County were after a 2004 Ford F-150 driven by Seth Moreland. He was 41 and lived in Caney. Around 4:17 p.m. Moreland left the highway then came back on the wrong way.

The truck met Lister’s Cadillac head-on just east of the Washington Street exit. Both vehicles took the full force in the interchange. Lister and Moreland died at the scene.
Troopers confirmed the details from the crash log. The Ford was traveling against traffic when it struck the Cadillac. No other cars were involved.
Lister wore her seat belt. Moreland did not. The reason for the pursuit has not been released. Highway crews shut down that stretch of I-70 for several hours.
Friends and family in Chapman now deal with the sudden hole left by her death. Moreland’s people in Caney face the same hard reality. Two drivers. One crash. No second chances.
The road is clear now. The questions about that afternoon linger. Life changed for everyone tied to those two names in the space of a few seconds.



