TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – Several people have died on slick Kansas
roads as a winter storm hit the state.
The Marion County Sheriff’s Office says two people died Saturday
night on U.S. 56 when their car skidded sideways on an ice-covered
bridge and was struck by a tractor-trailer.
Near the southwest Kansas town of Deerfield, one person died and
five others were injured around 9 a.m. Sunday. The accident
happened when a sport utility vehicle veered out of control on an
icy curve and rolled. The Kansas Highway Patrol identified the
fatality victim as 51-year-old Raquel Alvarado of Deerfield.
And in Shawnee County, a tractor-trailer skidded on a slick
stretch of Interstate 70 around 2:50 a.m. Sunday, rolled and caught
fire. The driver was killed. The accident also shut down eastbound
lanes of I-70 for several hours.
