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Kansas woman dies after car rear-ends semi, hits tree

JOHNSON COUNTY- A Kansas woman died in an accident just after 11:30a.m. on Wednesday in Johnson County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2014 Ford Edge driven by Jera Luann Fahey, 50, Paola, was southbound on Highway 169 just south of 199th in Spring Hill.

The vehicle rear-ended a Volo semi.

After initial impact, the Ford left the road, drove across the ditch, struck a fence and a tree.

Fahey was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Frontier Forensics. She was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.

The semi driver Wayne E. Cornwell II, 44, Olathe, was transported to Olathe Medical Center.

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