KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A woman was killed in a crash around 2:45 p.m. Friday in the 16300 block of Mission Road in Overland Park.
In an Overland Park Police Department news release, the woman is said to have been driving northbound on Mission Road.
The woman drove left of the center, crossing the double yellow lines into the southbound lanes of traffic, in an attempt to pass another vehicle.
In doing so, she overcorrected and lost control, crossing back into the northbound lane before leaving the roadway.
Her vehicle then went into an embankment and struck a drain culvert, causing the vehicle to flip.
The woman — identified by police as Marta York, 73, of Stilwell, Kansas — was ejected and declared deceased on the scene.
This incident is under investigation.
Police ask anyone with additional information to contact the Overland Park Traffic Safety Unit at 913-327-5677.
