KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City, Kansas, woman and a child died in a crossover crash Friday morning near Strong City, Kan., according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.
The crash happened just after 6 a.m. on U.S. 50 Highway about eight miles east of Strong City.
Strong City is about 120 miles west of Kansas City, Kansas.
A 2014 Chevrolet Sonic driven by Maria Munoz Alonso, 26, of KCK, was traveling west on U.S. 50 Highway, according to the patrol's crash log.
The vehicle driven by Munoz Alonso crossed the centerline and struck an eastbound 2023 Kenworth tractor trailer.
Munoz Alonso, not wearing a seat belt, was killed in the crash, according to the patrol's crash log.
The crash also killed a child in Munoz Alonso's vehicle, but the child's name and age were not provided because new regulations from the Kansas Highway Patrol don't permit the release of that information.
The 53-year-old driver of the tractor trailer had no apparent injuries.
He was wearing a seat belt, according to the patrol's crash log.
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