Jan 16, 2024

Kansas woman dies from injuries after head-on crash

Posted Jan 16, 2024 8:30 PM

DOUGLAS COUNTY —One person died in an accident just before 9:30p.m. Monday in Douglas County.

According to Douglas County Sheriff's Department spokesman George Diepenbrock., a Toyota Prius driven by Zipporah Koimburi, 48, Wakarusa, was westbound on North 1700 Road at E 50 Road.

The driver was negotiating a curve when the vehicle entered the opposite lane of travel and collided with an eastbound Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by a 21-year-old Olathe woman. 

Medics transported Koimburi to Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka where she later died.  The sheriff's office released no additional details.