Hutchinson woman dead after crash near Kansas Cosmosphere

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - A 52-year-old Hutchinson woman is dead after a crash reported early Thursday morning near the Hutchinson intersection of 11th Avenue and Plum Street, in which a vehicle hit the sign for the Kansas Cosmosphere.

Hutchinson police said that, in the crash, reported about 2:10 a.m., a passenger vehicle driven by Ginger M. McClanahan hit the digital sign after leaving the road.

Police said McClanahan was traveling east on 11th Avenue before the crash, and it’s unknown why her vehicle left the road. The 52-year-old Hutchinson woman died at the scene, police said.

The Hutchinson Police Department Traffic Unit is investigating what led up to the crash. The department advises anyone with information about the crash “to call Traffic Officers L. Hammond #195 or J. Gilmore #135 at 620-694-2854.”