Nov 12, 2021

Family: Kan. woman who died in head-on crash was mother of 4

Posted Nov 12, 2021 2:00 PM
Colling was a single mother with four children; two girls ages 11 and 13, and two boys ages 15 and 18, all still in school-photo GoFundMe
Colling was a single mother with four children; two girls ages 11 and 13, and two boys ages 15 and 18, all still in school-photo GoFundMe

BUTLER COUNTY —The family of a Kansas woman who died in a head-on crash Wednesday was the mother of four children, according to a GoFundMe page established by her sister.

Elizabeth Colling, 39, Potwin, died just before 7a.m. Wednesday when a 2006 Honda Pilot driven by Trella Marie Batten, 62, Whitewater, was westbound on Kansas 196 just east of Hillside Road passing two other vehicles.

The Honda struck an eastbound 2008 Hyundai Elantra driven by Colling head-on. After the crash, the Honda veered right and struck a westbound 2018 Freightliner semi driven by Joseph Leigh Maske, 43, Salina. 

Debris from the head-on crash struck westbound 2016 Chevy driven by Gregg Edward Ewing, 47, Carterville, Missouri. The Hyundai veered right and rolled onto its top in the south ditch.

photo courtesy KWCH 
photo courtesy KWCH 

Colling was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to  Preferred Mortuary.  EMS transported Batten to Wesley Medical Center. Maske and Ewing were not injured. The KHP had incomplete seat belt usage information.