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Kansas woman dies after traveling off K-7, crashing into tree in Linn County

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A woman from Mound City, Kansas, died after crashing into a tree in Linn County on Monday night.

The driver was just north of Mound City traveling southbound on K-7 when she "failed to negotiate a curve and a hit a tree straight on" at 7:20 p.m. on May 8, per the Kansas Highway Patrol.

Jody N. Russell, 67, was identified as the driver. She was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash.