One killed in Friday Jefferson Co wreck
08/07/2021

(KAIR)--A Friday night two-vehicle Jefferson County wreck claimed one life and left two others seriously injured.

The Kansas Highway Patrol says it happened shortly before 9:00 at the intersection of U.S. 24 and U.S. 59 Highways about 4 miles east of Perry.

According to the KHP report, 37-year-old Rebecca Krom, of Yakima, Washington was southbound on U.S. 59 and failed to stop at the stop sign. Her car was struck by an eastbound pickup truck on U.S. 24 driven by 26-year-old Kansas City, Missouri resident Ashley Noel

Krom, who was wearing a seatbelt, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Ashley Noel and a passenger in her pickup, 27-year-old Pleasant Valley, Missouri resident Sean Noel, were transported to Topeka's Stormont-Vail Hospital with suspected serious injuries.

The Patrol says neither occupant in the pickup was buckled up when the wreck occurred.


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