One child was killed and three others were injured in a crash Monday morning in Doniphan County.

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol 11-year-old Kay-Lynn Drinkert was killed in the crash. Drinkert was a passenger in a 2003 Jeep Liberty driven by 17-year-old Cierra Waitt of Wathena. Also passengers in the vehicle were 15-year-old Elijah Waitt and 14-year-old Trinity Waitt all of Wathena. Cierra, Elijah and Trinity were each transported to Mosaic Life Care with injuries.

According to the crash report, Cierra was driving southbound on Randolph Road and 36 Highway and Alan Quint, 55 of Boonville was driving a semi westbound on 36 Highway around 7:30 a.m. Cierra allegedly lost control of her vehicle and it spun counter clockwise and re-entered the westbound lane of 36. The semi hit the Jeep head-on. Quint was not injured in the crash.

All of the children were reportedly students at Riverside. The Kansas State Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.

In a statement on Riverside USD 114’s website Superintendent Mike Newman said the school is saddened by the tragic death of a Riverside 4th grade girl.

“Our hearts and prayers go out to her family and friends,” Newman said. “We also had three high school siblings receive non-life threatening injuries with two of these students being transferred to Children’s Mercy Hospital for pending surgeries. The school district will be providing counselors for students needing to talk about the accident. We ask that everyone keep all of the children and students and their families in your thoughts and prayers.”

The highway was shutdown while crews worked the scene and traffic was redirected onto Saratoga.  The highway reopened at 1:20 p.m.

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36 Highway is closed in Doniphan County as crews work the scene of a fatal crash.

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a fatal crash has taken place on the highway.  An 11-year-old girl has been reported deceased.  Three people including a Sophomore and a Freshman from Riverside were reportedly injured in the crash and transported to the hospital.  A truck driver involved in the crash was not injured.

In Doniphan County, as of 7:58 a.m., Highway 36 west of Wathena at Randolph Road was closed due to an accident.  As 9:15 authorities said the highway will remain closed for hours and traffic will continue to be

redirected while crews are on scene. Officials with the Elwood Police Department and the Doniphan County Sheriff’s Department were redirecting traffic, west bound traffic onto Saratoga to 190th, east bound Peck to 190th to Saratoga.  Shortly before 10 a.m., officials anticipated the highway to be closed for another four hours.

As we learn more we will update this post.  We are currently awaiting a call from the Kansas Highway Patrol for further details.