Monday, February 23, 2015

COUPLE DIES IN FIERY ROLLOVER CRASH IN MIAMI COUNTY, KANSAS




FEBRUARY 23, 2015







PAOLA, KANSAS (AP)




Authorities say a couple died after their car went off the side of a Miami County road, overturned and caught fire.




The Kansas City Star reports that the crash happened around 2:30 p.m. Sunday on Plum Creek Road, just north of 335th Street.  Their car was southbound on Plum Creek Road when it left the road, overturned and caught fire, according to the sheriff’s office.




The Miami County Sheriff’s Office identified the victims as 78-year-old Willis D. Hodgson and 77-year-old Beth E. Hodgson. The couple lived in the town of Parker.




The accident remains under investigation.