Civil rights attorney Kiah Duggins was among the 64 passengers and crew on the American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas, to Washington, D.C., that plunged into the Potomac River Wednesday evening after colliding with a military helicopter.

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.

As families and communities identify victims in Wednesday night’s plane crash near Washington, D.C., we’re learning that a well-known civil rights attorney and former Miss Kansas contestant is among the 67 people dead.

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

Kiah Duggins — a 30-year-old Civil Rights attorney, aspiring Howard Law professor, former Michelle Obama intern, and former Miss Kansas contestant — has been identified as one of the victims in the American Airlines plane and Black Hawk helicopter crash outside of Washington,