Saline County, KANSAS – Kansas Highway Patrol officials said the fatal accident occurred right before 8 a.m. Thursday morning.
It happened on Interstate 70.
Kansas Highway Patrol troopers responded to a report of a single vehicle crash.
The responding troopers found one adult female victim.
Police said the 42-year-old female driver suffered life-threatening injuries and was taken to a hospital for treatment, where she later died.
She was later identified as Ellaina Brightbill.
Troopers said that Brightbill lost control of the vehicle, veered into the median and struck a guardrail on the westbound side of the roadway.
The vehicle then overturned two times, troopers said.
Brightbill was the single occupant of the Toyota 4Runner.
This incident remains under investigation.
This is a developing story and it will be updated as new information become available.