The mayor of Wheatland and his wife were killed in a two-vehicle accident 10:15 p.m. Saturday on on eastbound U. S. 54 at Allen Road in Miller County.
According to the Highway Patrol report, a 2010 Chevrolet Impala driven by Wheatland Mayor Harold R. Rempfer, 76, was attempting to make a left turn from Allen Road onto U. S. 54 and pulled into the path of a 2017 Ford F250 driven by Caleb R. Zimmerman, 26, California. Both vehicles were forced off the road and ended up in the median.
Miller County Coroner pronounced Rempfer and his wife, Julia M. Rempfer, 73, Wheatland dead at the scene at 11:10 p.m.
The fatalities were the fourth and fifth this month for Highway Patrol Troop I and the 46th and 47th for 2018.
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