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Harvey County Accident kills one, critically injures one

HESSTON – One person was killed, an another critically injured after a one vehicle accident on I-135 in Harvey County over the weekend.

Killed was 23-year-old Amy Hopkins of Manhattan. She was a passenger in a vehicle driven by 27-year-old David Schultz of Wichita. He was transported to Via-Cristi St. Francis Regional Medical Center listed in critical condition.

According to the Harvey County Sheriff’s Office, Schultz was northbound on the interstate, veered off the roadway striking a concrete bridge embankment, then went air bourne and hit the under side of a bridge.

The insterstate was closed for about an hour Saturday because of the crash which occurred just before 2:30 a-m, near Hesston.

The cause of the accident is still under investigation.

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