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The vehicle was traveling north at about 11:40 p.m. on Congaree Road near Goodwin Road when it went left of center. Police report that the driver overcorrected, causing the car to overturn. The driver was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene. No one else was in the car. We'll update this story as more information becomes available.
At around 5:00am, Gerlach was driving on I-90 with Hedel-Ostrowski as a passenger when he began to drift into the left shoulder of the road. He then overcorrected, which caused the car to rollover two times, injuring both occupants in the process and sending them to the hospital.
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Krystal Smith, 26, and Cory Sheppard, 4, of New Strawn, died in a car accident Tuesday evening just outside of Waverly, Kansas in Coffey County. A 9-year-old and a 6-year-old were also injured in the crash. The incident occured on Interstate 35 on October 14 when Smith drove into the median and overcorrected, causing her SUV to flip more than once.