Mother, 21, killed in Kansas crash, KHP says. Man, baby and toddler taken to hospital

Update, 10 p.m.:

A woman has been killed and a man, baby and toddler have been taken to a hospital after a southeast Kansas crash.

The woman is reportedly the 21-year-old mother of the baby and toddler, and the 84-year-old man was in the other vehicle in a two-vehicle wreck, the Kansas Highway Patrol said.

The woman was driving a 2010 Ford Escape northbound on U.S 59 when at around 4:27 p.m. the SUV crossed the center line and collided head-on with a 2016 Nissan Frontier, the highway patrol said in a crash report.

The Ford’s driver, identified as 21-year-old Lacy R. Myers, of Oronogo, Missouri, was pronounced dead after the wreck, the crash report states. Two passengers were taken to Labette County Medical Center for possible injuries. They were identified as 1-year-old McKenna V. Polinskey and 2-year-old Nolan T. Polinskey, also of Oronogo.

Trooper Rick Wingate told The Eagle that Myers was reported to be the mother of the two children.

The driver of the Nissan was taken to the same hospital with suspected serious injuries. The crash report identifies him as 84-year-old Herman C. Long, of Parsons.

The crash report states that it is unknown why the Ford crossed the center line.

Original story:

One person has died after a highway crash in southeast Kansas, a state trooper said.

Trooper Rick Wingate of the Kansas Highway Patrol said a trooper responded at around 4:44 p.m. Tuesday to an injury crash on U.S. 59 at 20000 Road, about 2 miles south of Parsons in Labette County. One person has been pronounced dead, Wingate said.

Northbound and southbound lanes of U.S. 59 are blocked due to the crash.

This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.

This story was originally published May 28, 2019 at 6:07 PM.