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.

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 was preparing for a new role as a professor at Howard University Law School at the time of her death. Civil rights attorney Kiah Duggins was among the 64 passengers and crew on the American Airlines flight from Wichita,