Two people killed in collision near Paola
Two people were killed in a crash on Kansas Highway 68 in Miami County on Monday morning.
The Kansas Highway Patrol said 42-year-old Samuel O. Deal of Archie, Mo., was driving a Ford Edge west on the highway around 6:15 a.m. when he crossed into oncoming traffic and struck a Toyota Corolla heading east in an eastbound lane.
The collision killed Deal and the Toyota’s driver, 24-year-old Tiffany Maimer of Paola, according to a crash report. The crash happened just east of the highway’s intersection with Block Road, which is north and east of Paola.
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This story was originally published July 17, 2017 at 2:02 PM with the headline "Two people killed in collision near Paola."