JUNE 9, 2015
EL DORADO, KANSAS
A 26-year-old woman died in a collision involving a semitractor-trailer in El Dorado Tuesday morning, authorities said.
Melissa Stahlman was driving east on Southwest Trafficway shortly before 8:15 a.m. when her Ford van crossed the center line and struck the trailer axle of a semi coming the other direction, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.
Stahlman died at the scene of the accident, which was about a half-mile west of Main.
The 50-year-old Wichita man driving the semi suffered minor injuries in the collision, but declined medical treatment, according to the highway patrol report.
Melissa Stahlman was driving east on Southwest Trafficway shortly before 8:15 a.m. when her Ford van crossed the center line and struck the trailer axle of a semi coming the other direction, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.
Stahlman died at the scene of the accident, which was about a half-mile west of Main.
The 50-year-old Wichita man driving the semi suffered minor injuries in the collision, but declined medical treatment, according to the highway patrol report.