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Kansas man dies after head-on crash with wrong way driver

FatalAccident3WYANDOTTE COUNTY- A Kansas man died in an accident just after 8:30p.m. on Friday in Wyandotte County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2015 Toyota Highlander driven by Samantha L. Geier, 32, Overland Park, entered the northbound lanes of Interstate 35 from 7th Street, just south of 7th Street Trafficway, travelling the wrong direction.

The vehicle immediately crossed all lanes of traffic to be in the lane closest to the median barrier and collided head on with a 2013 Nissan Leaf driven by Rowland III, Robert Joseph Rowland III, 54, Topeka.

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

Geier was transported to KU Medical Center.

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

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