Woman dies in SUV-deer collision Sunday night in Finney County
GARDEN CITY, Kan. (WIBW) - A woman was killed Sunday night when the sport utility vehicle she was driving hit a deer Sunday night in Finney County in southwest Kansas.
The collision was reported at 9:45 p.m. at Pierceville Road and Plymell Road. The location was about 12 miles southeast of Garden City.
According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a 2013 Ford Edge was northbound on Pierceville Road when it hit a deer.
The vehicle then went off the road on the right -- or east -- side and rolled several times before coming to rest on its top.
The driver of the Ford, identified as Amanda Robyn Wurtz, 41, of Plains, was transported to St. Catherine’s Hospital in Garden City, where she was pronounced dead.
The patrol said Wurtz, who was alone in the SUV, wasn’t wearing her seat belt.
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