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Kansas woman dies after vehicle descends into creek bed

FatalWILSON COUNTY- A Kansas woman died in an accident just after 10p.m. on Saturday in Wilson County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2007 Buick Lucerne driven by Kevin E. Elwood, 45, Chanute, was westbound on Kansas 39 at Tulakes Road.

The vehicle left the roadway, entered the north ditch, impacted the embankment of a creek bed head on and descended into the creek bed.

A passenger in the Buick Darla R. Elwood, 51, Chanute, was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Frontier Forensics. The driver was transported to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita.

They were not wearing seat belts, according to the KHP.

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