Lucinda Mitchell Dies In Accident

From the Caital-Journal

One person was killed and two people injured about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in a two-vehicle, head-on collision on US-24 highway about a mile east of Rossville, a Shawnee County Emergency Communications Center dispatcher said.

Lucinda C. Mitchell, 63, of Rossville, died at the scene, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol accident report.

Mitchell had been a passenger in a car driven by Christopher M. Mitchell, 61, of Rossville, who suffered injuries that were suspected to be serious, the report said.

It indicated the other driver, 57-year-old Mary Gruber of Silver Lake, suffered possible injuries.

The report said Christopher Mitchell was driving a 2014 Buick Century westbound on US-24 when it struck a deer. Christopher Mitchell had been trying to avoid hitting the deer when he struck an oncoming 2014 Buick Encore driven by Gruber, the accident report said.

It indicated everyone involved had been wearing a seat belt.