One vehicle accident claims life of St. George, Kansas woman
Car traveling east of Manhattan leaves roadway, hits tree
By News Channel NebraskaBEATRICE – A northeast Kansas woman was killed in an accident near St. George, Thursday morning.
The Kansas Highway Patrol identifies the victim as 28-year-old Tyra Anderson. The 2001 Toyota Avalon she was driving east, went off Military Trail Road for an unknown reason, and struck a tree.
Anderson died at the scene of the 10:45 a.m. accident. A passenger in the car, a one-year-old boy from St. George was taken to the Wamego, Kansas hospital for treatment of serious injuries. A three-year-old boy also from St. George who was a passenger, was not seriously hurt.
Both children were in child safety seats. The fatality victim, Anderson, was using a safety restraint, according to the KHP.
The accident scene was about two-and-a-half miles east of St. George, Kansas.