LAWRENCE, KS. (THECOUNT) — 20-year-old Tiffany Cox, of Ottawa, 19-year-old Kiffany Mietchen, of Baldwin City, and 8-month-old Azreal Ubelaker, of Baldwin City, were all pronounced dead in a vehicle crash near Lawrence, Kansas, on Friday night.
The two young women and the 8-month-old female were killed early Friday evening in a crash on U.S. Highway 59 south of Lawrence, according to Saturday reports.
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The crash occurred around 5:40 p.m. Friday near mile marker 151.1, about 2.5 miles south of Lawrence, according to a crash report from the Kansas Highway Patrol.
The KHP determined that a 2004 Chevy Classic sedan was traveling southbound when its driver, a 20-year-old Ottawa woman, lost control for unknown reasons and crossed the grassy median into the northbound lane of traffic. A second car, a 2019 Nissan Sentra driven by a 62-year-old Topeka man, was traveling northbound and struck the first vehicle on its side, according to the KHP report, reports LJWorld.
Geo quick facts: Lawrence is a city in northeast Kansas. On the University of Kansas campus, the Spencer Museum of Art has a large collection of contemporary and indigenous art. The KU Natural History Museum has dinosaur fossils, live insects and a honeybee colony. South, sprawling Baker Wetlands is home to hundreds of bird species. West of the city, trail-lined Clinton State Park has deer, plus bass and catfish in Clinton Lake – wikipedia.