HUTCHINSON, Kan. – On August 27th, 2026, at 2:10 AM, officers with the Hutchinson Police Department, Hutchinson Fire Department and Reno County EMS were dispatched to 11th Ave and Plum Street for a single vehicle crash. Upon arrival, officers found a passenger vehicle had struck the digital Cosmosphere sign after it was heading East on 11th Ave, leaving the roadway for an unknown reason.
The vehicle’s sole occupant and driver was identified as Ginger M. McClanahan, a 52-year-old female from Hutchinson. She was pronounced deceased at the scene.
This is an ongoing investigation by the Hutchinson Police Department Traffic Unit and anyone with information to the crash can call Traffic Officers L. Hammond #195 or J. Gilmore #135 at (620) 694-2854.
