A Howard University Law professor and former Kansas beauty queen was among the 67 people presumed dead after a midair crash ​involving a passenger plane and Army helicopter in Washington, D.C., university officials said.

Kiah Duggins, a soon-to-be Howard University law professor, died in the mid-air crash near Reagan National Airport. Details emerge.

A former Miss Kansas contestant and attorney Kiah Duggins has been named as one of the victims of the flight from Wichita, Kan. that crashed into the Potomac on Wednesday night.

Kiah Duggins, an attorney and future Howard University law professor, was among the victims in the DC plane crash.

WICHITA, Kan. ( KWCH /Gray News) - As families and communities continue to identify victims in Wednesday night’s plane crash near Washington, D.C., there’s now news that a well-known civil rights attorney and former Miss Kansas contestant is among the 67 people who were killed.

In a statement released with heavy hearts, Howard University has confirmed the tragic death of Professor Kiah Duggins, a distinguished civil rights attorney and incoming professor at the Howard University School of Law.

Duggins' family said that she was returning to Washington D.C. after spending time with her mother during a surgical procedure

A woman who made a name for herself in Wichita and was in the process of doing the same thing in Washington was on the plane that crashed in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. Kiah Duggins was a civil rights attorney who worked with a legal group in D.