Mar 20, 2023

Woman dead after head-on crash on Kansas highway

Posted Mar 20, 2023 11:30 PM

CRAWFORD COUNTY —One person died in an accident just after 8:30a.m. Monday in Crawford County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2016 Ford Taurus driven by Kelly Lynn Bradshaw, 43, Walnut, Kansas, was eastbound on Kansas 47 two miles west of Girard.

The car traveled left of center and struck a 2012 Chevy Equinox driven by Keener, Judith Elaine Keener, 69, Kayenta, Arizona, head-on.

Keener was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to Frontier Forensics in Kansas City. EMS transported Bradshaw to the hospital in Joplin. She was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.