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1 dead in early Monday morning 2-vehicle crash in Lawrence

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One person died and a second person was seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash early Monday morning in Lawrence, Kansas.

According to the Lawrence Police Department, officers responded to the intersection at west 6th and Iowa Streets just before 2 a.m.

A black Nissan Maxima traveling east in the westbound lane of travel and a green Jaguar S30 traveling west collided at the intersection.

Officers attempted life-saving measures on the driver of the Maxima, who was pinned inside the vehicle and was not wearing a seatbelt.

Police identified the driver as 39-year-old Katoya Leasa Owens of Lawrence. Paramedics later pronounced Owens dead at the scene.

The driver of the S30 was also pinned and was wearing a seatbelt. The driver, identified as a 36-year-old Lawrence man, was transported to an area hospital in serious condition. As of Tuesday afternoon, the man is in stable condition.