LINN COUNTY—One person died in an accident just before 7:30p.m. Monday in Linn County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1997 Dodge Dakota driven by Jody N. Russell, 67, Mound City, was southbound on Kansas 7 one mile north of Mound City. The driver failed to negotiate a curve and the pickup struck a tree head-on.
Russell was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to Frontier Forensics. She was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.