86-year-old woman dies in crash after failing to yield on K-254 near Bel Aire, KHP says
One person is dead after a two-vehicle wreck Saturday night on Highway 254 near Webb, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.
Trooper Chad Crittenden tweeted at 8:18 p.m. that the wreck happened in the eastbound lanes. The wreck was northeast of Bel Aire.
Troopers wrote in an online KHP crash log that a 2017 Ford Fusion was northbound on Webb and a 2013 Kia Soul was eastbound in the right lane of K-254. The driver of the Ford failed to yield to oncoming traffic, and the Kia struck the driver’s side of the Ford.
The driver of the Ford was pronounced dead at the scene. She was identified in the report as 86-year-old Joyce M. Frantz, of North Newton.
The 17-year-old Wichita girl driving the Kia was taken to Ascension Via Christi St. Francis with a possible injury.
This story was originally published October 17, 2020 at 10:54 PM.