Last Friday, March 11, at about 5 pm, Hennessey Firefighters, Police, OHP, and Kingfisher County Deputies responded to a collision about 3.5 miles east of Hennessey on Hwy 51. According to OHP, 19-year-old Caden Clark, from Enid, was driving a 2017 Nissan Altima west on highway 51, in the construction zone when he struck a 2016 John Deer front-end loader, driven by Kale Broomfield 23, of Ames. The front-end loader, also traveling west was stopped to make a left-hand turn when it was struck from behind by Clark. Clark was pronounced dead at the scene. Broomfield was not injured. The cause of the collision remains under investigation, according to the OHP.
