OSAGE COUNTY— One person died in a three-vehicle accident just after 8a.m. Monday caused by icy roads in northeast Kansas.

The Kansas Highway patrol reported a 2001 Dodge Ram driven by Kristin Noel Edwards, 43, Overbrook, was westbound on U.S. 56 just north of Topeka.

The driver lost control on icy roads, crossed the center line and hit a 2008 Ford Edge driven by Terry Ralston, 23, Scranton, head-on. A 2003 Olds Alero driven by Kaelyn A. Watkins, 17,  Overbrook, rear-ended the Ford.

EMS transported a passenger in the Ford Cassie N. Ralston, 8, Scranton, to Stormont Vail where she died.

EMS also transported Terry Ralston, Edwards and a passenger  in the Dodge Luke A. Edwards, 14, Overbrook, to Stormont Vail.   Watkins was not injured.

The crash came as a system carrying freezing temperatures and strong winds moved across Kansas. 

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OSAGE COUNTY. — One person died in a three-vehicle accident just after 8a.m. Monday caused by icy roads in northeast Kansas.

The Kansas Highway patrol reported a 2001 Dodge Ram driven by Kristin Noel Edwards, 43, Overbrook, was westbound on U.S. 56 just north of Topeka. The driver lost control on icy roads, crossed the center line and hit a 2008 Ford Edge head-on.

A 2003 Olds Alero driven by Kaelyn A. Watkins, Overbrook, rear-ended the Ford. A juvenile in the Ford died at the scene.

Edwards and a passenger Luke A. Edwards, 14, Overbrook, were transported to a Topeka Hospital.

The KHP has not released all the the names of those involved including the victim.

The crash came as a system carrying freezing temperatures and strong winds moved across Kansas.