Marsa Candler Obituary, Death; – A single-vehicle rollover accident in Pottawatomie County on Tuesday morning resulted in the death of an Oklahoma woman.
According to a statement from the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office, the incident was reported shortly after 8:00 AM on Highway 99, near North Church Road in the rural area of Westmoreland.
Emergency services, including law enforcement and fire units, responded to the scene and discovered a Pontiac Solstice overturned in the west ditch. Investigators from the Sheriff’s Office determined that the vehicle was traveling southbound when the driver lost control, leading to the rollover in the ditch.
The driver, identified as 66-year-old Shirley Riegel from Oklahoma, was taken to Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka for treatment of serious injuries. The passenger, 74-year-old Marsa Candler, also from Oklahoma, was transported to the hospital, where she later succumbed to her injuries.
The investigation into the accident is ongoing.
