Miss Teen Rodeo Kansas, 19, killed in car crash; teammates injured

A 19-year-old rodeo star, who won Miss Teen Rodeo Kansas in 2024, died in a single-vehicle car accident that left four of her teammates and a fifth person injured on Friday night in rural Kansas, according to officials.

Emma Brungardt, of Blue Rapids, was a passenger in a 2007 Ford F250 pickup truck traveling southbound on County Road 21 in Thomas County when the pickup "left the roadway" at the Y intersection and struck a tree row, Kansas Highway Patrol said in an online crash report.

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