The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Department received a call Sunday about a bleeding woman lying in a road northwest of Wamego.

Sheriff Greg Riat says deputies and emergency medical personnel found the woman with serious injuries lying in the road near a pickup. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

The victim’s identity and cause of death haven’t been released.

The sheriff’s office and the Kansas Highway Patrol are investigating.