MANHATTAN (KSNT) – One woman is dead after a two-car collision in Pottawatomie County near St. George.

Just after 8:30 a.m. Friday, a passenger vehicle going north on Flush Road failed to stop for a stop sign and was hit on the driver’s side by a commercial vehicle, according to Master Trooper Chris Herbel with the Kansas Highway Patrol.

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 38-year-old Abby Stous died when she failed to yield at a stop sign.

Stous was driving a 2021 Malibu when she was hit by 2007 International truck. Stous was hit on the driver’s side of the vehicle and pushed into the median.

(Courtesy Photo/Autumn Denham)

Both vehicles came to rest in the median on Highway 24. The driver of the commercial vehicle, a 55-year-old male from Westmoreland, suffered minor injuries.

Trooper Herbel told KSNT 27 News a reconstruction team was being brought to the crash site. Herbel could not say when the highway would reopen.

The Kansas Department of Transportation reported the road reopened at 2:30 p.m. Friday afternoon.

KSNT 27 News will update this developing story when more information becomes available.

(Courtesy Photo/KDOT)