Loretta Panther Death – Emergency personnel were dispatched to U56 9 Eastbound on March 25th in response to a collision. A 2011 Ford F-150 was heading eastbound when it skidded on ice, veered into the opposite lane, and collided head-on with a 2018 GMC Terrain traveling westbound.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported that the Ford driver sustained serious injuries, while all three individuals in the GMC Terrain were injured, resulting in the fatality of a 64-year-old passenger identified as Loretta Panther from Iowa City.