Posted March 12, 2020 09:47pm
(KNZA)--A Thursday afternoon two-vehicle Jefferson County wreck claimed the life of a Meriden woman and left two others injured.
The Kansas Highway Patrol says it happened shortly before 1:30 at the intersection of K-4 Highway and Northeast 46th Street.
The Patrol reports 78-year-old Mollie Williams was traveling on Northeast 46th Street when she attempted to turn north onto K-4. Her car was t-boned by a southbound car on K-4 driven by 22-year-old Kassidy Smith, of Grantville.
Williams, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Kassidy Smith and a passenger in her car, 48-year-old Meriden resident Chad Smith, were transported to Topeka’s Stormont-Vail Hospital. The Patrol reports Kassidy Smith had suspected serious injuries and Chad Smith suspected minor injuries.