RUSSELL COUNTY — One person died in an accident just before 8:30a.m. Tuesday in Russell County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2015 Honda passenger vehicle driven by Linda Maria Duran, 46, Peyton, CO., was eastbound on Interstate 70 just west of Russell.

The vehicle crossed the median and struck 2017 Honda driven by Steve Colton Stephens, 26, Westminster, CO., head-on.

Duran was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Brocks North Hill Chapel in Hays.
Stephens and a passenger in his vehicle Hannah L. Stephens, 25, also of Westminster, CO., were not injured.

All three were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.