Texas woman dies after van crashes into guardrail along Kansas interstate, troopers say

A Sunday morning crash on a Kansas interstate killed a woman and seriously hurt a man from Texas.

Emergency crews were called at around 10:06 a.m. to an injury accident on I-70 at the exit to the U.S. 183 bypass in northwest Hays, the Kansas Highway Patrol said in a crash report.

Investigators determined that a Chrysler Pacifica minivan was headed westbound on the interstate when it left the roadway and struck a guardrail, KHP troopers wrote in the report.

Driver Mary D. Stanley, 81, of Hurst, Texas, was pronounced dead at the scene. Passenger John R. Stanley, 81, of Hurst, was taken to Hays Regional Medical Center with suspected serious injuries and was later transferred to a Wichita hospital.

This story was originally published September 1, 2019 at 4:40 PM.