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.

Howard University law professor Kiah Duggins has been identified as one of the victims of the devastating plane collision near Reagan National Airport, university officials confirmed Thursday night.

Howard University president comments on incoming professor killed in DC plane crash that occurred earlier this week.

Last year, she collaborated in a virtual group with Kiah Duggins, an incoming professor at Howard University who was killed in Wednesday’s plane crash near Washington, D.C. “You see things that kind of strike nationally, you don't realize that there is a connection. So that was, like, the hardest thing for me,” Nnachi said.

The Harvard Law graduate and civil rights attorney was set to become a professor at Howard University Law School this fall.

Kiah Duggins was among the passengers on American Airlines Flight 5342 that collided with a helicopter on Wednesday night.