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A young mother and her daughter were both killed, and her young son was injured in a two-vehicle wrong way crash on Interstate 70 near Junction City late Tuesday morning.
According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 26-year-old Jessica Thompson of Junction City was driving a 2006 Ford Five Hundred passenger car, headed west on the interstate.
A 2011 International box truck was headed east. The truck swerved across the median and into the west bound lanes, and struck the car. Both vehicles came to rest in a ditch.
Thompson was killed in the crash. Her daughter, 5-year-old Leah Thompson, was also killed. Her son, ...