OTTAWA — A 28-year-old Missouri woman was taken to Overland Park Regional Medical Center as a result of a two-vehicle crash at the K-68/I-35 interchange Saturday. Kathie Banfield, 42, Emporia; exited I-35 on the north-bound ramp and stopped at K-68, the Kansas Highway Patrol said. Banfield pulled onto K-68. She told state troopers that she didn’t see an SUV driven by Amanda Ritter of Gladstone, Mo., and her pickup struck the SUV on the driver’s side. Ritter told troopers that she tried to avoid Banfield’s pickup. Ritter was hospitalized. Banfield and an 11-year-old passenger weren’t injured.
Tuesday, June 18, 3 p.m.
