Three people were killed in a crash on the Kansas Turnpike about five miles south of Mulvane, just north of the Belle Plaine service area in Sumner County. One other person had serious injuries and three people had possible serious injuries after the crash.
The accident happened around 1:30 p.m. Saturday in a construction zone. The Kansas Highway Patrol said a northbound car went left of center, clipped another car and then collided head-on with a southbound SUV.
Three people in the northbound car were killed. They were identified as the driver, 37-year-old Sheena Harroald of Wichita, and two passengers: 86-year-old Wanda Tidwell of Park City and 62-year-old Nathelia McIntosh of Wichita. Another passenger, a 42-year-old Wichita woman, was hospitalized in serious condition.
The driver of the second car, a 46-year-old man from Bowman, North Dakota, had a minor injury. The driver of the SUV, a 64-year-old Wichita man, had minor injuries. A passenger in the SUV, a 64-year-old Wichita woman, was hospitalized with serious injuries.
Traffic was blocked northbound and southbound after the crash.
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