Feb 11, 2025

Woman killed in rollover crash on Kansas highway

Posted Feb 11, 2025 6:30 PM

POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY—One person died from injuries in an accident just after 8a.m. Tuesday in Pottawatomie County.

According to the Pottawatomie County Sheriff, a 2006 Pontiac Solstice driven by 66-year-old Shirley Riegel of Oklahoma was southbound on Highway 99 at North Church Road in rural Westmoreland.

The driver lost control of the car. It overturned in the west ditch and came to rest on its roof. EMS transported Riegel and a passenger 74-year-old Marsa Chandler, also of Oklahoma, to Stormont Vail in Topeka where Chandler died.

 The accident remains under investigation, according to the sheriff's office.