Scranton woman killed in rollover accident

MICHIGAN VALLEY—A 27-year-old woman was killed in a one-car accident near Michigan Valley in eastern Osage County in the early morning hours of Feb. 20.

According to a Kansas Highway Patrol report, Jessica Ann Alford, Scranton, was the passenger in a 1998 Dodge passenger car driven by Justin Robert Spencer, 24, Carbondale. The vehicle was southbound on Stanley Road at 4:34 a.m., about 5.5 miles north of state Highway 268, when it went off the road and rolled numerous times. Alford was partially ejected from the vehicle and died at the scene. Spencer was extricated from the vehicle and transported to an Overland Park hospital.

Neither Alford nor Spencer were wearing a seatbelt, according to the report.

Note: The Kansas Highway Patrol report stated that Alford was from Topeka. Her obituary listed her residence as Scranton.