The Kansas Highway Patrol says two people were killed and two children injured in a head-on crash near Atchison.
The crash happened around 9:20 p.m. Wednesday on U.S. Highway 73 just west of Atchison when a southbound car crossed the center line and hit a northbound car head on.
The crash killed the driver of the northbound car, identified as Felicia Paxton, 26, of Atchison, as well as a passenger, Jovonnie Franklin, 33, also of Atchison.
Two boys in that car, ages 6 and 7, were injured and taken to a hospital. The driver of the other car, a Tonganoxie man, 37, was also hospitalized.





