4 p.m. Update  A Kansas woman critically injured in Tuesday morning’s Reno County accident has died from her injuries. Ollie Richey, 85, Haven, was airlifted to St. Francis Regional Medical Center where she died. The accident remains under investigation.

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CASTLETON, Kan. — A three -vehicle accident at the intersection of Arlington Road and K-14 injured three people, one of them critically.

According to the Kansas Highway patrol, 92-year-old James Richey of Haven was going west on Arlington Road when he failed to yield to a south bound SUV driven by 30-year-old Brooksie Conroy of Hutchinson. The SUV hit the car in the passenger side knocking it through a fence, and into a field at the intersection’s southwest corner. The SUV then deflected off a utility truck driven by 51-year-old Neil Unruh of Haviland, who was stopped at the intersection.

A passenger in the Richey vehicle, 85-year old Ollie Richey, was extricated by rescue crews using the jaws of life before she was airlifted by Lifeteam helicopter to St. Francis regional Medical Center in Wichita in critical condition. James Richey was taken by EMS to Hutchinson Regional Medical Center for treatment of minor injuries. Conroy suffered an ankle injury, but was not transported. Unruh was uninjured.

The accident happened just after 8 a.m., about two miles north of Castleton, or about 10 miles south of Hutchinson.