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KCK woman killed in deer accident in Missouri
A Kansas City, Kansas, woman, Deborah D. Yelverton, age 56, was killed in a crash late Monday in Platte County, Missouri, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash reports.
Yelverton’s vehicle struck a deer there, according to the report. A 28-year-old driver from Belton, Missouri, also was southbound on Highway 59.
Yelverton’s vehicle became disabled, blocking the roadway, according to the crash report. Then the Belton driver’s vehicle struck the Yelverton vehicle, according to the crash report.
Yelverton was taken to North Kansas City Hospital and pronounced dead around 11 p.m. Monday, according to the report.
It was raining and snowing in parts of the Kansas City area on Monday night.