MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Kans. — One woman is dead after a single vehicle crash in Montgomery County over the weekend.
County deputies along with fire and EMS arrived to County Road 5600/Sweeney Hill Dr. and Chism Ln. just northwest of Independence shortly before 7:00 PM on Sunday for a rollover accident.
At the scene authorities found a red 2003 Audi A4 upside down in a ditch and its driver, 40-year-old Amber Beckenholdt, of Elk City, Kansas, dead.
Kansas Highway Patrol assisted in the investigation which found that Beckenholdt was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the accident. This investigation remains ongoing.