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Hillsboro woman dies in rollover

A Hillsboro woman was killed Dec. 5, in a one-car accident on K-15.

Marcene L. Gunter, 71, Hillsboro, was partially ejected from the vehicle she was driving, a 1997 Chevrolet pickup, at 7:43 a.m. two miles south of U.S.-56 on K-15. Gunter and her husband, Charles W. Gunter, 77, a passenger in the truck, were pulling a camper southbound when the driver lost control, entered a ditch, and rolled over. Marcene Gunter died at the scene. Charles Gunter was transported to Newton Medical Center. Kansas Highway Patrol investigated the accident.

Neither the driver nor the passenger were wearing seat belts.

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