Topeka woman dies after SUV flips upside down into creek during Kansas highway crash
A Kansas woman died in a crash Tuesday afternoon when her SUV left the road and came to rest submerged in water.
Emergency crews were called at around 2:15 p.m. to an injury accident on U.S. 75 near 35th Street in Shawnee County, the Kansas Highway Patrol said in a crash report. One woman was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators determined a 2018 BMW X2 Series was northbound when it left the road, hit a sign and drove into Soldier’s Creek. The SUV flipped upside down into the creek, where it became submerged. The KHP report identified the deceased driver as Susan Lenoir, 76, of Topeka.