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Kan. woman dies, 3 children hospitalized after semi crash

FatalAccident3NEMAHA- A Kansas woman died and four others were injured in an accident just before 8:30a.m. on Thursday in Nemaha County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2004 Chevy van driven by Rebecca Lynne Crismas, 37, Wetmore, was southbound on W Road four miles south of Sabetha.

The driver failed to yield at the stop sign. A Freightliner semi driven by Wayne E. Mowery, 63, LaCygne, which was westbound on U.S. 36 hit the van.

Crismas was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Frontier Forensics.

Two children in the van Juliana Crismas, 11, and Jedediah Crismas, 1, both of Wetmore were transported to Children’s Mercy.

Another child in the van Joshua Crismas, 3, Wetmore, was transported to the Sabetha Hospital.

Mowery was transported to Stormont Vail in Topeka. nd two children in the van

All were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.

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