NORTONVILLE, Kan. - The Kansas Highway Patrol has released details of a fatal collision that closed two highways in the northeastern part of the state for several hours. The patrol says the crash happened around 9 a.m. Thursday when a pickup truck pulled from a stop sign into the path of a tractor-trailer. The collision killed the driver of the pickup, 72-year-old Marcia Rygaard of Effingham. The crash occurred at the intersection of U.S. 59 and Kansas 116, north of the Atchison County town of Nortonville. Highways leading into the town were closed for about five hours while officers investigated the crash.