An early morning accident yesterday in Crawford County leaves one woman dead and two others seriously injured.

 Around 4am yesterday morning, 31 year old Joseph Harley of State Center, Iowa, was driving a 2020 Nissan pickup towing a camper trailer on K-7 just north of Cherokee when he crossed the center line and struck a 2016 Ford Edge head on.

The driver of the Edge, 66 year old Melinda Burbidge of West Mineral, Kansas, was pronounced dead on the scene.

Harley and his passenger 29 year old Mandi Harley were both flown to Freeman Hospital in Joplon with serious injuries.

Not long after the initial accident, a tractor-trailer driven by 66 year old Steven Miller of Prescott, Kansas, struck the debris of the Nissan pickup and camper that remained in the roadway. Miller was not injured.

K-7 was closed for nearly 8 hours before being reopened to traffic around noon yesterday. The Crawford County Sheriff's Office is investigating the cause of the accident.