KS Woman Vanessa Guzman ID’d As Victim In Fatal Collision Involving Police SUV Saturday Dodge City

DODGE CITY, KS. (THECOUNT) — Vanessa Guzman, of Dodge City, Kansas, has been identified as the victim fatally struck during a Dodge City Police SUV crash Saturday morning.

Guzman, 26, was killed after her vehicle was struck by a police SUV where the officer was responding to a “break-in in progress” on 28th Ave just before 5 a.m., according to police.

The police cruiser crashed into a northbound car at the intersection of West Wyatt Earp Boulevard & Matt Down Road in Dodge, KS.

The police SUV hit the passenger side of the car, and the car’s driver was thrown from her vehicle. The press release states officers “attempted to provide lifesaving efforts until EMS arrived,” but the driver was pronounced dead at the scene. She was the only person in the car, reports KAKE.

The driver of the police SUV was in stable condition at a hospital.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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Geo quick facts: Dodge City is in southwest Kansas. Boot Hill Museum celebrates the city’s frontier past with a recreated Old West street, gunfight re-enactments and historic buildings, like the former Fort Dodge jail. Located at the Kansas Teachers Hall of Fame, the Gunfighters Wax Museum features life-size sculptures of legendary figures Wyatt Earp and Sitting Bull. The Home of Stone Museum retains its original 1881 furnishings – wikipedia.