FRANKLIN COUNTY — Two people died in an accident just after midnight Saturday in Franklin County.
The Kansas State Highway Patrol reported a 2011 Jeep Patriot driven by Samuel D. Caldwell, 20, Overland Park, was southbound in the northbound lanes of Interstate 135 two and one half miles east of Ottawa.
The Jeep stuck a northbound 2007 Volkswagen New Beetle driven by Kaitlen E. Riley, 19, Concordia, head-on in the northbound lanes
Caldwell and Riley were pronounced dead at the scene and were transported to Frontier Forensics. Riley was properly restrained at the time of the accident. The KHP did not have seat belt usage information for Caldwell.