Topeka, KS : 1 killed and 2 others injured in head-on crash at Oakland Expressway near US-24 highway on Tuesday, July 14, 2015

A 50-year-old Topeka woman was killed and two more people were injured Tuesday afternoon in a head-on, two-vehicle crash on the Oakland Expressway.

Kansas Highway Patrol Master Trooper Bryce Whelpley said the crash was reported about 2:20 p.m. Tuesday in the southbound lane on the Oakland Expressway (K-4 highway), just north of N.E. Seward Ave.

Kelly R. Bowers, 50, of Topeka, was northbound on K-4 driving a 1999 Lincoln Town Car. Jefferson Connor King, 16, of Tecumseh, was southbound on K-4 driving a 2002 Nissan Xterra.

Bowers’ vehicle went left of center, crossed into the southbound lane and struck the Xterra head-on, a Kansas Highway Patrol online crash log states.

Bowers was declared dead at the scene, Whelpley said.

white sheet could be seen covering the passenger’s side of the car.

King and an occupant in his SUV, 21-year-old Jayme A. King, of Tecumseh were taken to Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center for treatment of their injuries. The extent of their injuries wasn’t known Tuesday night.

All three people were wearing their seat belts.

Both lanes of traffic on K-4 just south of US-24 were closed to traffic to N.E. Seward Avenue. Traffic was being detoured at Seward.

The roadway reopened at 4:45 p.m., the Kansas Department of Transportation said.

Personnel with the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office, Kansas Highway Patrol, Soldier Township Fire Department and American Medical Response were on scene.

Source : Topeka woman killed in head-on crash on Oakland Expressway near US-24 highway; 2 others injured