WICHITA- Law enforcement officials are investigating a deadly crash that occurred just before 6 a.m. on Sunday in Butler County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2001 Ford Explorer driven by Dominic B. Stolfi,16, Benton, was westbound in the eastbound lanes of Kansas 254 two miles east of Bel Aire.
A 2007 Buick Lucerne driven by Lisa A. Hardy, 27, Potwin, was eastbound in the outside lane. The Buick went to the shoulder to avoid the Ford. The two vehicles collided on the shoulder.
Stolfi, Hardy and a passenger in the Buick Nancy R. Ross, 52, Potwin, were pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Sedgwick County Forensics Center.
The KHP reported Stolfi was not wearing a seat belt.
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Three south-central Kansas residents are dead after a head-on collision involving a driver going the wrong way on a state highway near the Sedgwick County/Butler County line.
The Wichita Eagle reports a green Ford was westbound in the eastbound lanes of K-254 when it struck a black Buick around 6 a.m. Sunday. Kansas Highway Patrol spokesman David Monckton says the driver of the Ford and two occupants in the Buick were killed in the collision.
Monckton says the three Butler County residents included two women and a man. He says emergency dispatchers received multiple reports of a vehicle driving the wrong way shortly before 6 a.m., and a few minutes later there was another call saying there had been a crash.