MOUNT HOPE, Kan. — The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office says two people where killed in a fiery traffic crash after one of the drivers apparently drove the wrong way on a highway.
Deputy Lt. Tim Myers said the collision happened late Friday on Kansas 96 just east of Mount Hope. He says the two cars burst into flames after the crash. Law officers who arrived on the scene tried to rescue the drivers but both people died in the wreck. Myers says investigators believe one vehicle was driving west in the eastbound lanes of Kansas 96.
The accident is still under investigation.
No names have been released.
