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HIAWATHA, Kan. (AP) — A Minnesota woman is dead after her SUV collided with a semi in northeastern Kansas on Christmas Eve.
The Kansas Highway Patrol said the accident happened just before 1:30 Friday morning on U.S. 75 in Brown County, south of Fairview at the Sac and Fox Truck Stop.
The Patrol said a semi was pulling out of a driveway when it was struck from behind by a 2005 Chevrolet Suburban driven by 46-year-old Socorro Mercado, who died in the accident. She is identified by KHP as a resident of West Concord, Minnesota.
The driver of the semi, from Park City, Kansas, was uninjured.
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