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Nov 14, 2026

Kansas woman killed in van, car crash

Posted Nov 14, 2026 10:30 PM

FRANKLIN COUNTY —One person died in an accident just after 11a.m. Saturday in Franklin County.

 The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2007 Toyota Corolla driven by Cook, Cynthia Ann Cook, 77, Princeton, Kansas was facing eastbound on John   Brown Road. The car entered the intersection at U.S. 59. A southbound 2010 Dodge Grand Caravan driven by Bret Alan Ulrich, 60, Topeka, struck the driver's side of the Toyota.

Cook was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to Frontier Forensics. EMS transported Ulrich and a 16-year-old passenger in the van to Advent Health in Ottawa. All three were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.