Woman hit and killed on US-69 in Overland Park

Posted: May 2, 2019 - 3:24 a.m.

Overland Park Police say an adult female pedestrian was hit by a vehicle just before 12:30 Thursday morning.

Overland Park Police are investigating after a woman was hit and killed
by a vehicle in the 9900 block of US-69 early Thursday morning.
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In a news release, police say a vehicle was traveling northbound on U.S. 69 Highway north of 103rd Street when the driver lost control and struck the median barrier.

"A passenger in that vehicle exited the car and was struck by a second vehicle also traveling northbound on U.S. 69 Highway," the release says.

The crash threw the female pedestrian over the median barrier and into the southbound lanes of the highway.

Johnson County Med-Act and the Overland Park Fire Department responded to both sides of the highway.

The female was transported to Overland Park Regional Medical Center Center in critical condition.

Overland Park Police say the woman later succumbed to her injuries at the hospital.

Captain Brian Houlahan says the woman's name is not being released until next of kin can be notified.
All lanes of southbound side and three left lanes on the northbound side U.S. 69 Highway were closed after the crash and reopened about 3:15 a.m.

The department's traffic safety unit continues to investigate. Anyone who may have witnessed the crash is being asked to contact Overland Park Police at 913-895-6413.

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to southbound US-69 after a woman was hit and killed by a vehicle.

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Leavenworth man killed when his SUV struck a bridge in Shawnee

Posted: November 6, 2014 - 8:39am
Updated: November 6, 2014 - 11:56am

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A Leavenworth man died in a fatal crash on northbound Interstate 435 at Johnson Drive Thursday morning.

The wreck happened about 6:45 a.m. when Gregory Sifferman, 51, of Leavenworth swerved off the roadway and struck the bridge pillar for northbound I-435 at Johnson Drive, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol. He was driving a black 2000 Dodge Durango.

No other vehicles were involved in the crash.

Traffic was limited to one lane as Troopers investigated the scene Thursday morning. All lanes were open shortly after 8 a.m.

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Troopers identify two men killed in K-10 crossover accident

Posted: March 20, 2014 - 1:27am
Updated: March 20, 2014 - 8:12pm

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The Kansas Highway Patrol is investigating after two people were killed in a head-on accident on Kansas Highway 10 in De Soto.

The accident was reported shortly after 1 a.m. Thursday in the eastbound lanes of K-10, east of Kill Creek Road.

Johnson County Sheriff's Deputies arrived at the scene to report two vehicles with heavy damage.

Johnson County Med-Act reported two people dead at the scene.

Both eastbound lanes of the highway were closed, with traffic being diverted to Kill Creek Road. All lanes reopened to traffic at 6:15 a.m..

Troopers say, 45-year-old, Johnnie Royce Jackson of Kansas City, Missouri, was driving his 2007 Chevrolet Silverado westbound in the eastbound lanes of K-10 after crossing the grassy center median. The wrong way truck then crashed nearly head-on into an eastbound 2013 Toyota Avalon. The Toyota was being driven by, 20-year-old, Robert Anthony Zevenbergen of Kansas City, Kansas. 

An accident report says Jackson was not wearing a seat-belt and was ejected from the truck. Zevenbergen was properly restrained and had to be extricated from his car.

Trooper Howard Dickinson says the crash was not survivable because of the force of two vehicles traveling at 70 mph and crashing into each other.


The Kansas Highway Patrol continues to investigate if alcohol played a role in the accident's cause.

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Shawnee Mission West Junior killed in crossover crash

Posted: November 5, 2013 - 10:17pm
Updated: November 6, 2013 - 1:45am

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A crossover accident on Interstate 435 near Lackman Road in Lenexa took the life of a Shawnee Mission West High School Junior on Tuesday afternoon.

The Kansas Highway Patrol says the accident occurred shortly after 1 p.m. when, 17-year-old, Houston St. John was traveling eastbound on Interstate 435 when he lost control of the vehicle he was driving, a 2006 Pontiac G6. The vehicle spun out and crossed the median into the westbound lanes of the interstate when it was struck, in the driver's door, by a westbound 2004 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup truck. The driver of the Dodge truck, a 62-year-old Leavenworth, Kansas man, sustained minor injuries and refused treatment at the scene.

Troopers say both drivers were wearing seat belts and both vehicles were heavily damaged.

St. John's friends tell Operation 100 News that he enjoyed participating in musicals and other performing arts at Shawnee Mission West, YouTube video below. He also played on the football team in the past as a middle linebacker and wore the number 57.

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Lawrence man killed in K-10 crossover accident

Posted: October 2, 2013 - 12:21am
Updated: October 2, 2013 - 12:43am

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One person was killed in a four vehicle accident on Kansas Highway 10 in Lenexa, early Tuesday evening.

Kansas Highway Patrol Troopers say the accident occurred at approximately 4:50 p.m. on K-10 in between Renner Boulevard and Ridgeview Road in Lenexa.



Troopers say a 2006 Ford Passenger Van sideswiped a 1983 Dodge Pickup while both were traveling eastbound on K-10. The collision caused the truck's driver to lose control and the truck began to spin. The spinning truck crossed the grassy median and entered the westbound lanes of traffic.

A westbound 2010 Dodge Pickup struck the driver's door of the out of control truck. The westbound truck was then struck on the passenger's side by a westbound 2001 Lexus SUV.

The driver of the 1983 Dodge Pickup that crossed the median and was struck in the driver's door, was pronounced dead at an area hospital.

The Kansas Highway Patrol has identified the driver that was killed as, 52-year-old, Randy R. Schimmel of Lawrence. Troopers say Schimmel was not wearing a seat belt.

The 2006 Ford Passenger Van was driven by a 27-year-old, Raytown, Missouri man. He was not injured and Troopers say he was not wearing a seat belt. The 2010 Dodge pickup was being driven by a 42-year-old, Lenexa man and the 2001 Lexus SUV was driven by a 55-year-old, Shawnee woman. Both of these drivers did not report any injuries and were wearing seat belts.

A fifth vehicle, an Acura passenger car, swerved off of the right shoulder of the highway to avoid the accident. That vehicle did not make contact with any other vehicles and the driver was not injured or identified.

During the crash investigation and clean up, all lanes of K-10 were closed in both directions. The highway was reopened to normal traffic shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday.

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Elderly couple killed in JoCo crash identified

Posted: September 26, 2013 - 11:47pm
Updated: September 27, 2013 - 10:12am

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Overland Park Police are investigating a two car accident that killed an elderly couple.

The crash was dispatched at 3:38 p.m., Thursday, at the intersection of 79th Street and Mastin Drive.

Officers arrived to find two vehicles crashed. There were two people in each vehicle.

Police say the driver of a gray Mitsubishi Eclipse was traveling southbound on Mastin Drive towards 79th Street. The driver admitted to officers that he did not stop for the stop sign and struck a white Cadillac Deville.

The driver of the Mitsubishi was a 19-year-old male who was not injured. Police believe this was a test drive. His front seat passenger was an 18-year-old male who was transported to an area hospital with minor injuries.

Police say the driver of the Cadillac was an 86-year-old male and the front seat passenger was an 80-year-old female. Both were transported to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries, where they both later succumbed to their injuries.

Authorities have identified the couple as Norman J. Russell, 86, and his wife Norma F. Russell, 80.

The Overland Park Police Department's Traffic Safety Unit continues to investigate the accident. As of this report there is no word of any charges against the other driver.

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Man killed in single car accident identified

Posted: September 5, 2013 - 4:17pm
Updated: September 6, 2013 - 11:04am

Update:

Shawnee Police have identified the driver as James Katajwa, 26, of Shawnee.

Major Bill Hisle says, "Katajwa was westbound on 75th Street just east of Nieman Road when his car left the roadway, hit a light pole, and flipped. Katajwa was pronounced dead at the scene."

The cause of the accident remains under investigation.

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Shawnee Police are investigating after a man was killed in a single vehicle rollover accident Thursday afternoon.

The accident was reported just before 3:10 p.m., on the northeast corner of 75th Street and Nieman Road. Police arrived to find the vehicle on its top in front of the former, VIP Car Wash.

Firefighters worked for about 15 minutes to extricate the driver from the wreckage.


The driver was pronounced dead at the scene and has only been identified as an adult male.

The Lenexa Fire Department also responded and assisted the Shawnee Fire Department at the scene.

Shawnee Police Department Major Bill Hisle says the cause of the accident is under investigation by the department's Traffic Safety Unit.

Maj. Hisle also urged the public to avoid the intersection through the rush hour as the investigation continued.

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One dead, two others injured in JoCo accident

Posted: August 2, 2013 - 7:21am
Updated: August 2, 2013 - 10:17am

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Olathe Police are investigating following a fatal accident this morning.

Police say the accident was reported around 7:10 Friday morning near the intersection of 159th Street and Lone Elm Road, just south of Interstate 35.

The incident involved a semi-dump truck and a Lincoln Town Car. The semi T-boned the Town Car on the passenger's side of the vehicle.

Sources familiar with the accident confirm to Operation 100 News that the driver of the vehicle was an 81-year-old man. The driver's injures are said to be serious but non life-threatening. Firefighters had to extricate the driver from the Town Car. It is not believed that he was wearing a seat belt.

Police say the passenger in the Town Car was an 83-year-old, female. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the tractor-trailer sustained minor injuries and was treated at the scene after declining further treatment.

Investigators believe the Town Car was traveling northbound on Lone Elm Road and the semi-dump truck was traveling westbound on 159th Street.

Police have closed the westbound lanes of 159th Street and the northbound lanes of Lone Elm Road.

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One person killed in early morning motorcycle accident

Posted: July 31, 2013 - 4:22am
Updated: July 31, 2013 - 3:11pm

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The Olathe Police Department's Traffic Unit is investigating after a man was killed in a motorcycle crash this morning.

Police say the accident was reported shortly after 4 a.m., in the area of Northgate Street and South Nelson Road.

Olathe Police arrived to find one sport bike down in the roadway and a person lying in the nearby grass.

Olathe Fire and Johnson County Med-Act arrived at the scene and reported that the person was deceased.

Police say the rider is a white male in his 40's. Initial reports from Police indicate that the male was traveling northbound on Northgate when his motorcycle left the roadway near Nelson road and crashed in the median.

Anyone with information regarding the accident is asked to call Olathe Police at 913-782-0720.

One officer from the Shawnee Police Department's Traffic Safety Unit was at the crash scene assisting with the investigation.

As of Wednesday afternoon, Police have not released the victim's name.

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KHP identifies Lawrence woman killed on the South Lawrence Trafficway

Posted: July 21, 2013 - 8:41pm
Updated: July 22, 2013 - 5:02am

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A truck struck and killed a bicyclist Sunday evening on the South Lawrence Trafficway, also known as the Kansas Highway 10 Bypass.

Kansas Highway Patrol Troopers say the accident occurred just before 8:15 p.m. at the intersection of the K-10 Bypass and North 1350 Road, which becomes 27th Street in Lawrence.



A LifeStar air ambulance was dispatched to the scene but, was canceled after the bicyclist was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Highway Patrol's preliminary accident report has identified the bicyclist as Hayley M. Berrios, 29, of Lawrence, Kansas.

Troopers say the Berrios was crossing the K-10 Bypass on a bicycle, headed eastbound to 27th Street. A 1974 Chevrolet truck was traveling northwest on the Bypass when it struck and killed Berrios.

The driver of the truck has been identified as a Lawrence man, he was not injured.

The Lawrence Journal-World reports, the South Lawrence Trafficway was closed between Kasold Drive and the Clinton Parkway exit, near the entrance to Clinton State Park.

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Shawnee man killed in motorcycle accident

Posted: May 27, 2013 - 1:49am
Updated: May 27, 2013 - 8:26am

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The Kansas Highway Patrol says a 38-year-old, Shawnee man was killed in a motorcycle accident Monday morning on Interstate 35 in Lenexa.

The Highway Patrol's accident report says the accident happened at approximately 1:25 a.m. on the northbound Interstate 35 exit ramp to 75th Street. The accident scene was just before the long tunnel which runs under U.S. 69 Highway, just inside of Lenexa.


Troopers have identified the rider as Jason M. Gearhart of Shawnee, Kansas. Gearhart was pronounced dead at the scene.

The accident report says Gearhart's 2007 Harley Davidson motorcycle left the roadway for an unknown reason and went into the right ditch. The motorcycle then struck the rock boulders and the rider was thrown.

Troopers say Gearhart was not wearing a helmet.

Another motorcyclist was following Gearhart when the accident occurred and stopped to report the accident. Troopers say speed may have played a role in the accident, no other vehicles contributed to the accident's cause.

The ramp was closed by Lenexa Police at 1:30 a.m. and reopened to all traffic shortly before 7 a.m..

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Leavenworth County teenager killed in crash

Posted: April 23, 2013 - 9:17am
Updated: April 23, 2013 - 11:32pm

One person has died following a crash in Leavenworth County earlier today.

Troopers say at approximately 7:30 a.m., a 2002 Ford Explorer was northbound on 166th Street when the 16-year-old driver failed to yield to a tractor trailer that was westbound on U.S. Highway 24-40. The tractor trailer struck the passenger's door of the Explorer and both vehicles came to rest off of the roadway.

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Both occupants of the Ford Explorer had to be extricated from the vehicle by firefighters.

The driver of the Explorer has been identified as Tristan Hayes of Tonganoxie. He suffered serious injuries in the crash. His passenger, identified as 15-year-old, Sehalyn Hayes of Tonganoxie was transported to the University of Kansas Hospital where she died Tuesday afternoon.

The tractor trailer's driver, Wilban Araujo, 45 of Pensacola, Florida, was not injured in the crash.

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Tractor trailer kills FedEx security guard in Shawnee

Posted: March 23, 2013 - 4:14am
Updated: March 25, 2013 - 4:31pm

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Shawnee Police have identified the victim as, 31-year-old, Adam A. Hughes of Kansas City, Missouri.

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Shawnee Police are investigating after semi-trailer killed a security guard at the FedEx facility located at 8000 Cole Parkway this morning.

Emergency crews were called to the address at 3:45 a.m.. Witnesses told police that the man fell in front of the wheels of one of the tandem trailers. The man was not hit by the truck, according to police.

Shawnee firefighters and Johnson County Med-Act paramedics pronounced the man dead at the scene.

Police have not released any information regarding the victim's name or age, pending the notification of next of kin.

The facility is located near 83rd Street and Kansas Highway 7 in southwest Shawnee.

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The Shawnee Police Department's traffic safety unit continues to investigate.

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One person killed in a single vehicle accident

Posted: February 25, 2013 - 2:38am
Updated: February 25, 2013 - 5:48am

Prairie Village Police are investigating what caused a single vehicle accident this morning.

Police and fire crews were called to the 6700 block of Roe Avenue around 2:10 a.m.. Mission Police had been checking the area following reports of a suspicious vehicle in their city and were first to arrive at the crash scene. Officers reported that the driver appeared to be unresponsive.

Johnson County Med-Act and Consolidated Fire District No. 2 arrived on the scene to report the accident involved one vehicle which was heavily damaged in a front yard. Crews pronounced the male driver dead at the scene a short time later.

Police say the vehicle, a white Suzuki Forenza, was traveling southbound on Roe Avenue when the driver lost control, left the roadway and struck a tree.

Officers are also investigating the possibility that the crashed vehicle is the same one that Roeland Park and Mission officers were looking for following a report of a suspicious vehicle near 51st Street and Roe Boulevard. There are also reports that the vehicle may be stolen.

The Shawnee Police Department's Traffic Safety Unit is assisting with the crash investigation.

Prairie Village Police dispatchers say that Roe Avenue remains closed as the investigation continues.

No other details were immediately available.

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Rollover accident kills one near Leavenworth and Jefferson County line

Posted: January 6, 2013 - 5:07am
Updated: January 6, 2013 - 4:42pm

Emergency crews from Leavenworth and Jefferson Counties were dispatched on a possible fatality accident in the 25000 block of Ragtown Road in western Leavenworth county around 4:45 Sunday morning. The accident scene is about three miles northeast of McLouth or approximately six miles to the northwest of Tonganoxie.

First responders from Union Township of Jefferson County were first to arrive on the scene and reported a person, possibly deceased, pinned under an overturned vehicle.

Late Sunday afternoon, Leavenworth County Sheriff's Deputies tell Operation 100 News a 25-year-old man from rural Jefferson County was killed in this morning's accident.

Deputies say the 25-year-old man was a passenger in a vehicle driven by an 18-year-old man from the Topeka area. The vehicle, for an unknown reason, left the roadway and overturned east of 251st Street on Ragtown Road.

The 25-year-old was killed in the accident, the driver sustained only minor injuries and was cooperating with the investigation. Deputies say the driver is not being held in custody as the investigation continues.

Deputies continue to investigate if drugs or alcohol played a role in the accident's cause. The man killed in the accident has not been officially identified as of late Sunday afternoon.

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Off-duty police officer killed in Wednesday morning crash

Posted: January 2, 2013 - 3:01am
Updated: January 3, 2013 - 12:42am

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Lawrence Police and the Kansas Highway Patrol confirmed early Wednesday evening that the man killed in this morning's accident was an off-duty Lawrence police officer.

Troopers say Officer Matthew Edward Klock, 29, was killed when his 2012 Nissan Altima collided with a pole near W. 6th Street and Wakarusa Drive.

The Kansas Highway Patrol crash log of the incident says that Klock's vehicle was eastbound on the inside lane of 6th Street, when the vehicle went left of center and struck a light pole on the east side of the intersection with Wakarusa Drive. Klock was not wearing a seat belt. Troopers continue to investigate what, if any, role alcohol or slick roads may have played in the accident's cause.

Klock joined the Lawrence Police Department in 2007.

Lawrence Police Sergeant Trent McKinley told 6 News Lawrence that "a member of the force drove to Derby, Kansas, where Klock grew up, to personally notify family members this morning."

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Lawrence Police are investigating this morning after one person was fatally injured in an apparent single vehicle accident.

Officers were initially dispatched on a non-injury accident at the intersection of W. 6th Street and Wakarusa Drive just after 2:15 Wednesday morning.

On arrival at 2:20 a.m., officers reported the lone occupant of the vehicle was unconscious. Medics were immediately dispatched to the scene and upon their arrival reported one vehicle with "major damage".

The occupant was initially said to be in critical condition as of 2:30 a.m.. Medics pronounced the person to be deceased at the scene, just before 2:40 a.m..

Police have shutdown the intersection completely as they investigate the accident.

Very few details were immediately available. It remains unclear what the vehicle struck.

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Overland Park Police Thanksgiving Mobilization results

Posted: November 28, 2012 - 3:29pm

The Overland Park Police Department has released their results of the Thanksgiving Mobilizations STEP (Special Traffic Enforcement Program). The campaign began on November 19th and lasted through November 25th.

The Kansas Highway Patrol released their results earlier this week.

During the campaign Officers were looking for DUI and seat belt violations. Officers also looked for child passenger seat violations, speeding, and alcohol related violations in an effort to reduce alcohol related auto accidents.

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Kansas Highway Patrol releases Thanksgiving weekend results

Posted: November 26, 2012 - 3:41pm
Updated: November 26, 2012 - 4:07pm

The Kansas Highway Patrol has released their activity numbers for their Thanksgiving patrols. The Patrol and other local agencies participated in the Special Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP). The Kansas Department of Transportation provided a grant for the additional enforcement.

The reporting period for the holiday weekend began at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, November 21, and lasted through 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, November 25. Troopers say they worked tow fatality crashes during that time. One of those fatal crashes was alcohol-related.

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These numbers are statewide for the Kansas Highway Patrol only. Other local agencies that participated in the holiday weekend STEP will be released separately.


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Johnson County teenager killed in ATV accident

Posted: November 25, 2012 - 4:07am
Updated: November 25, 2012 - 4:48pm

One person was killed and another injured when the ATV they were riding on crashed in rural Miami County this morning.

Authorities were called to a field, just south of 395th Street and Victory Road around 3 a.m.. The accident scene is approximately one mile to the southeast of Fontana in south central Miami County. EMS personnel immediately pronounced one person deceased and another critically injured.

A LifeFlight Eagle helicopter was responded to the scene and transported a seriously injured female to a metro area trauma center. Authorities say her injuries are non-life threatening.

Miami County Authorities believe the Polaris ATV was being driven with four people on it when when it rolled, killing one person and injuring the driver. The person killed has been identified as, 17-year-old, Tyler Rathbun of Westwood, Kansas. The driver has not been identified and remains hospitalized.

A friend of Rathbun's tells Operation 100 News that Tyler was a Senior at Shawnee Mission East High School, in Prairie Village, and was also the Captain of the Soccer team.

The accident remains under investigation.

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Lenexa man killed in rollover crash

Posted: November 20, 2012 - 2:07am
Updated: November 20, 2012 - 1:10pm

Update:

Overland Park Police have identified the 20-year-old man killed in this morning's accident as John Stevens Hauk II of Lenexa, Kansas. Investigators say he was not wearing a seat belt and suffered fatal injuries in the accident. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The exact cause of the accident remains under investigation.

Friends tell Operation 100 News, Hauk was a 2010 graduate of Shawnee Mission Northwest High School.

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The Overland Park Police Department Traffic Safety Unit is investigating what caused a fatal accident this morning.

Police say they were called to northbound US 69 highway just north of Interstate 435 at 1:52 Tuesday morning.

Investigators say one car was involved and rolled after losing control on the ramp from westbound Interstate 435 to northbound US 69 highway. The driver is believed to have over corrected twice before the car rolled an undetermined number of times.

Overland Park Fire units reported the car had come to rest on its top and sustained heavy damage.

The driver and sole occupant of the car, a 20-year-old male, was pronounced dead at the scene. That man's identity will not been released until his family can be notified.

The northbound lanes of of US 69 were closed, at Interstate 435, as the accident is investigated. Those lanes were reopened around 4:00 a.m.. Police say the ramp from westbound Interstate 435 to northbound US 69 was reopened at 5:48 a.m..

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