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35-year-old Blue Springs woman dies in crash Thursday night

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A 35-year-old woman, Stephanie Burks, of Blue Springs died in a one-vehicle crash Thursday night.

Burks was driving southbound on East Pink Hill Road near South Slaughter Road just north of Blue Springs at around 8:45 p.m. when the vehicle, a 2015 Lincoln MKZ, traveled off the roadway and into a tree.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the deadly crash is the 60th in Troop A in 2023.

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