Sep 10, 2021

Kansas woman dead after SUVs collide

Posted Sep 10, 2021 9:53 PM

OSAGE COUNTY—A Kansas woman died in an accident just after 12:30p.m. Friday in Osage County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2013 Kia Sorrento driven by Patti J. Croy, 65, Vassar, was westbound on Kansas 268 one and one half miles west of South Berryton Road.

The SUV  left the roadway and the driver overcorrected. The vehicle then crossed the center line and collided with an eastbound 2010 GMC Acadia driven by  Trisha M. Ellis, 52, Superior, Wisconsin.

Croy was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to Frontier Forensics. EMS transported Ellis to Stormont Vail. Both drivers were properly restrained, according to the KHP.