Kansas woman, infant dead after crash with semitruck on New Year’s Day, KHP says

A Kansas woman and infant are dead after their vehicle was rear-ended by a semi-truck New Year’s Day, Kansas Highway Patrol (KHP) crash logs show.

The woman who died was identified as 40-year-old Adrienne Deal of Cheney, Kansas. It’s unclear if Deal was the mother of the infant, according to the report.

The wreck happened around 8:30 p.m. on Sunday in Kiowa County along eastbound U.S. 54 at milepost 111, the report read.

Deal parked a 2013 Kia Soul in the eastbound lane of U.S. 54 with the headlights turned off. Authorities think the vehicle may have broken down, the crash logs said.

The Kia was rear-ended by a semitruck heading east on U.S. 54. The driver, 38-year-old Omar Mohamoud of Dodge City, Kansas, was not injured in the collision. KHP said the semitruck was pulling a trailer.

Deal and the infant died at the scene of the wreck, the report said.