Posted December 12, 2016 06:33am
(MSC News)--Authorities are investigating after a Topeka police car was involved in a fatal wreck with another car.
The Kansas Highway Patrol says the crash occurred around 1:00 Sunday morning at the intersection of 12th and Webster on Topeka’s west side.
The Patrol says 29-year-old Topeka resident Tourquoise Abercrombie was killed when she ran a stop sign at the intersection and struck the patrol car on the passenger side.
The Patrol says Abercrombie was driving without her headlights on at the time of the wreck.
The officer, 39-year-old Laura Mayer, was patrolling at the time and was taken to a Topeka hospital with non-life threatening injuries.