MIAMI COUNTY- One person died and eleven people, all from Missouri, were injured in an accident just before 4p.m. on Saturday in Miami County Kansas.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2001 Ford Van driven by Bradley Cox, 47, Independence, MO., was southbound on U.S. 69 at 383rd Road.
The driver lost control of the vehicle when the right rear tire blew.
The van traveled across the lane into the median and rolled multiple times.
Cox was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Frontier Forensics.
A Beth Cox, 41, and three children under the age of 5 were transported to Children’s Mercy.
Four children ranging in age from 11-months to 15-years and three additional adults were transported to Overland Park Regional Medical Center.
All were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.