Four teens seriously injured in rollover crash on I-435

Posted: July 7, 2020 - 8:43 p.m.

Troopers say four teens were seriously injured when the pickup truck they were riding in rolled over near Shawnee Mission Parkway and Interstate 435 Tuesday evening in Shawnee.

Emergency crews were called to the northbound lanes of Interstate 435 just north of the Shawnee Mission Parkway bridge about 5:35 p.m.

Two of the northbound lanes of I-435 were closed as crews worked the crash scene.
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Recorded radio traffic from police dispatchers indicated they received numerous 911 calls reporting the crash and that several people had been ejected from the vehicle.

The Kansas Highway Patrol says a 2001 Ford F-350 was driving on the entrance ramp from westbound Shawnee Mission Parkway to northbound I-435.

“The driver of vehicle one lost control on the entrance ramp,” according to KHP’s crash log. “After vehicle one left the roadway, the vehicle overturned onto I-435.”

Troopers say the driver and three passengers were not wearing seat belts and all four ejected onto the Interstate.

Johnson County Med-Act transported three of the injured to Overland Park Regional Medical Center and one to the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. Troopers have all injuries classified as “suspected serious injury.”

A Johnson County Med-Act ambulance, driven by a Shawnee firefighter,
transports one of the injured passengers to the University of Kansas Medical Center

Operation 100 News has reached out to Johnson County Med-Act for more accurate conditions of the injured at the time of their transports.

The driver is a 16-year-old Shawnee resident. Two of his passengers are 15; the other is 16. One of the 15-year-olds is also a Shawnee resident. The other two passengers are both from Lake Quivira.

Troopers continue to investigate the crash.

The Lenexa Fire Department also responded to the scene.

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Three injured in Massachusetts Street rollover crash

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Posted: March 24, 2019 - 1:22 a.m.

Three women were injured when the vehicle they were riding in crashed and rolled onto its top late Saturday night in Downtown Lawrence.

Lawrence Police and Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical crews were called to the intersection of 13th Street and Massachusetts Street, just before midnight, where they found a vehicle on its roof.

Radio traffic from the scene indicates none of the injured women were wearing seatbelts and one of them was thrown out of the vehicle when it rolled over.

The women range in age from 17-20 years old. One was transported by ambulance to the Overland Park Regional Medical Center with life-threatening injuries. The other two were transported to Lawrence Memorial Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Police are investigating the crash.

No other details were immediately available.

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Two people injured in rollover accident

Posted: January 18, 2014 - 2:14am
Updated: January 18, 2014 - 2:46am

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Olathe Police are investigating a serious accident this morning.

Emergency crews were called to the 600 block of S. Chestnut Street just after 2 a.m. Saturday. The scene is just to the north of E. Southgate Street and S. Chestnut Street.

Police arrived to report one vehicle crashed with two people possibly thrown from the vehicle.


Olathe Fire crews confirmed the vehicle came to rest on its roof on the railroad tracks.

Johnson County Med-Act reported two people with serious injuries and two people with minor injuries. Both of the people with minor injuries refused treatment at the scene.

Only one person was partially ejected from the vehicle, said to be a 21-year-old woman. She was a front seat passenger in the vehicle and was not wearing a seat belt.

The vehicle was reportedly driven by a 32-year-old man. He was reportedly wearing a seat belt.

Police are investigating if alcohol was involved.

Railroad traffic has been stopped in the area until the vehicle can be removed and the tracks can be inspected.

No other information was immediately available.

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Rollover crash critically injures one in Johnson County

Posted: February 18, 2013 - 2:29am
Updated: February 18, 2013 - 8:53am

Johnson County Sheriff's Deputies are investigating a serious one car accident this morning.

Emergency crews were called to a rollover accident in the 19000 block of U.S. 69 Highway at approximately 2:10 a.m., in Aubry Township. The car was reportedly traveling northbound on the highway when it left the roadway and rolled several times down an embankment.

Johnson County Fire District #2 crews found the car on its side and leaning against a shed in the backyard of an address in the 19000 block of Lowell Avenue. Firefighters estimated the car to be 100-150 feet from the highway, with "extremely heavy damage."

The driver, said to be a female in her 40's, was the only occupant of the red BMW convertible and was partially pinned under the vehicle for a short time. She suffered critical injuries and has been transported to an area trauma center for further treatment.

A source familiar with the accident tells Operation 100 News that the driver reported that she swerved to miss a skunk that was crossing the highway.

The Johnson County Sheriff's Office continues to investigate and has not confirmed any other details.

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Life threatening injuries reported in Overland Park crash

Posted: January 28, 2013 - 1:50pm

Police block W. 143rd Street traffic as they investigate the accident
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Overland Park Police are investigating following a single vehicle crash early this afternoon.

The accident was reported just after noon in the area of W. 143rd Street and Hemlock Street.

Police say that the preliminary investigation shows that the driver was traveling eastbound on W. 143rd Street and lost control. The vehicle rolled several times according to police.

The driver was transported to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries.

The Overland Park Police Department's Traffic Safety Unit continues to investigate the accident. No other details were immediately available.

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Two injured in rollover accident on Interstate 70

Posted: January 17, 2013 - 2:34am
Updated: January 17, 2013 - 3:00am

The Kansas Highway Patrol is investigating following a one vehicle accident on the Interstate 70 Turnpike in Lawrence this morning.

The accident was reported shortly before 2 a.m. in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 near mile marker 201.2, between the west and east Lawrence interchanges. Troopers reported one vehicle rolled over and came to rest on its top.

Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical units arrived on the scene to report only one vehicle involved, which had sustained heavy damage.

Initially two helicopters were requested to the scene. The second helicopter, based southeast of Kansas City, was canceled after reporting an estimate of nearly 30 minutes to arrive on the scene.

A Lawrence fire unit established a safe landing zone for the LifeStar helicopter in the Hallmark Cards production center parking lot, 101 McDonald Drive.

A male and a female, both in their early 20's, were said to have suffered serious injuries. The male possibly had a broken leg, and the female who was transported by LifeStar air-ambulance was said to have a head injury. Their injuries were said to be serious but not immediately life threatening.

The female was said to be wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash, it is unclear if the male was wearing a seat belt.

The accident remains under investigation.

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Driver critically injured in rollover accident; vehicle also struck a tree

Posted: January 16, 2013 - 6:12am
Updated: January 16, 2013 - 8:27am

Overland Park Police say they are investigating after a vehicle rolled and collided with a tree shortly at approximately 5:35 this morning.

The accident occurred in the 11500 block of Mastin Street. Police arrived on the scene to report that it appeared the vehicle had rolled and came to rest upright.

In a statement, Police Public Information Officer Gary Mason says "preliminary investigation indicates the driver was traveling at a high speed and lost control. The vehicle rolled over and struck a tree."

Officer Mason also confirms that the male driver suffered critical injuries. The man is said to be in his late 20's.

The department's Traffic Safety Unit continues to investigate.

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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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One person critically injured in violent crash

Posted: May 8, 2012 - 2:19am
Updated: May 8, 2012 - 8:26am

The Overland Park Police Department's Traffic Unit is investigating after a driver was critically injured in a rollover accident near 87th Street and Conser Street around 2:15 a.m., Tuesday.

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Police arrived on the scene, about two minutes after being dispatched, to find one vehicle on its roof and the driver partially ejected from the rolled Jeep Cherokee. An Overland Park Fire Department unit arrived and reported heavy damage to the vehicle. Fire crews worked about 20 minutes to extricate the critically injured driver, who was partially pinned under the overturned Jeep.


Police say the Jeep Cherokee was stolen, sometime overnight, from an address in Overland Park. The same Jeep was also involved in a hit and run accident, of at least one parked car, in the 8300 block of Robinson Street. A witness to that crash then followed the suspect. That witness tells Police that the suspect turned off all of the vehicles lights and tried to speed away. The suspect attempted to turn eastbound on 87th Street from Robinson when the vehicle rolled over.

The driver has only been identified as a male in his 20's with extremely critical injuries. Officers say the man did not have any form of identification with him.

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Single vehicle accident leaves one seriously injured

Posted: May 4, 2012 - 6:55am
Updated: May 5, 201 - 4:46pm

Accident scene on outside shoulder
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The Kansas Highway Patrol is investigating after a man was seriously injured in a single vehicle accident on Interstate 35 in Lenexa.

Troopers say the accident occurred around 6:00 a.m.. One vehicle left the highway and rolled. Investigators identified the driver as 24-year-old Jason A. Varughese, of Pahrump, Nevada.

Investigators say Varughese was northbound in the right lane of Interstate 35, traffic in front of his vehicle slowed and in attempt to avoid colliding with one of the slowing vehicles, Varughese made an avoidance maneuver to the right. His vehicle went off of the roadway, struck a culvert and overturned. Varughese was wearing his seat belt at the time of the crash.

Traffic backed up on I-35 just north of 119th Street
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After crashing Varughese extricated himself from the crashed 2001 Toyota passenger car and began walking northbound along the highway, where he was located by the Kansas Highway Patrol. He was later transported by Johnson County Med-Act to an area hospital, where he was said to be in serious condition Friday morning.

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Dairy Creamer spill snarls traffic in Johnson County

Posted: March 11, 2012 - 1:57pm
Updated: March 12, 2012 - 2:12am

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The Kansas Highway Patrol says that at approximately 1:42 p.m., a 2003 Chevrolet Suburban, with five occupants, was traveling northbound on the inside lane of Interstate 35 when it hydroplaned on the wet pavement and struck the inside concrete barrier.

A 2006 Western Semi-tanker was also traveling northbound, in the middle lane, when the Suburban crashed. The driver of the semi-tanker attempted an evasive maneuver, struck the Suburban, then crashed into the concrete barrier wall. The tanker trailer detached and went over the barrier wall, overturned and came to rest on the inside lane of southbound Interstate 35, where it began to spill its liquid load.

Johnson County Med-Act confirms that one adult, the Suburban's driver, was critically injured. The other occupants of the Suburban, including three pediatrics and a second adult also suffered minor injuries. The tractor trailer's driver refused medical treatment at the scene.

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Firefighters confirmed, with the truck's driver, that the leaking liquid is "dairy creamer" and that it is not a hazard.

The accident and dairy creamer spill that followed caused both northbound and southbound traffic to be completely shut down. Northbound lanes were reopened just before 3:15 p.m., and the southbound lanes were able to be reopened about an hour later.

The Kansas Highway Patrol says, 38-year-old, James Martin, of Gardner, Kansas, was driving the Chevrolet Suburban. His passengers were; 34-year-old Cimberly Martin, 7-year-old Pierson Martin, 12-year-old Tristen Martin, and 9-year-old Gaven Martin.

Troopers also say that 64-year-old, Terry Dean Shea, of Longmont, Colorado, was driving the semi-tanker.

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Two critically injured after I-35 crash in JoCo

Posted: December 18, 2011 - 2:22am
Updated: December 18, 2011 - 4:19am

Just before 1:20 a.m. early Sunday morning, Olathe Fire, Police and the Kansas Highway Patrol were dispatched to a single vehicle rollover accident. The accident occurred in the northbound lanes of Interstate 35 under 119th Street.

Fire units arriving on scene reported that the vehicle had sustained "significant damage" and that two occupants would need to be extricated from the vehicle.

All three northbound lanes of the interstate were shut down while crews worked the scene, traffic was diverted onto 119th Street.

Two men, one in his "mid 30's" and another in his "mid 40's" suffered critical injuries in the accident.

The Kansas Highway Patrol is investigating the cause of the accident.

All three northbound lanes were reopened to traffic shortly after 4 a.m. Sunday morning.

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Serious early morning accident closes I-35

Posted: November 2, 2011 - 12:24am
Updated: November 2, 2011 - 4:22am

Southbound I-35 south of 95th Street, Lenexa, KS. 12:30am
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The Kansas Highway Patrol and Lenexa Police Department investigated a two vehicle injury accident that forced the closure of Interstate 35 at 95th Street in Lenexa for about two hours. The accident is reported to have occurred at 12:17 a.m. near highway mile marker 223.6 southbound

The Kansas Highway Patrol's preliminary accident report states that both vehicles were southbound on Interstate 35 near 95th Street. One of the vehicles was traveling at a "high rate of speed" when it rear ended a second car. The striking vehicle sustained "heavy damage" while the other sustained "moderate damage."

Three people were involved in the accident. The driver of the striking vehicle was the only occupant of that vehicle and was transported to an area hospital with serious injuries. That person has been identified as a 33-year-old, Olathe woman. Reports indicate that this woman was intoxicated and was wearing her seat belt at the time of the accident. The Highway Patrol continues to investigate her level of intoxication and says that charges are possible.

The two female occupants of the second vehicle were an 18-year-old driver and a 17-year-old passenger. Both sustained minor injuries and refused medical treatment at the accident scene.

While investigating this accident, Lenexa Police say they were blocking traffic from entering southbound Interstate 35 from 95th Street, when a vehicle swerved around the parked Police vehicle and entered the accident scene. That vehicle was stopped by the Highway Patrol and the driver, a 24-year-old female from Colorado Springs, Colorado, was arrested for Driving Under the Influence. She was booked into the Johnson County Jail on a $1,000 bond.

The Highway Patrol reopened southbound lanes of I-35 at 2:20 a.m.

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One critically injured after rollover accident in Lenexa

Posted: October 24, 2011 - 3:02am

Lenexa Police are investigating a single vehicle rollover injury accident this morning in the 8600 block of Lenexa Drive.

The accident is said to have occurred around 2:45 a.m. Monday morning. A man, described as being in his "mid to late 20's", was the only occupant of the vehicle and was ejected onto the roadway. He was transported to a local trauma center and said to be in critical condition.

No other information was immediately available from Police.


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Lenexa hit & run sends four to the hospital

Just after 11 p.m. on Sunday night the Kansas Highway Patrol and Lenexa Police along with units from Lenexa and Olathe Fire Departments were called to investigate a rollover injury accident in the northbound lanes of I-35 near College Boulevard in Lenexa.

Lenexa Police arrived on the scene and found a 1998 Ford Explorer rolled onto it's side near the median barrier wall. The four women who were in the vehicle were able to free themselves from the vehicle. Those women informed officers that they were struck by another vehicle which fled the scene after the accident. The suspect vehicle was described only as a "black compact car with heavy front end damage" and it was last seen continuing northbound on I-35 from College Boulevard.

According to an accident report filed by the Kansas Highway Patrol, the suspect vehicle was traveling in the right lane while the victim vehicle was in the left lane. The suspect vehicle moved left, striking the victim vehicle which then struck the median wall and rolled. The suspect vehicle continued traveling northbound.

The four women in the victim vehicle were all wearing their seat belts and suffered what were described as minor injuries. Ages of the women involved range from 16-19 years-old. They were all transported by Med-Act to an area hospital.

Rollover accident leaves two injured in Overland Park

At 1:12 a.m. Saturday morning, the Overland Park Fire Department was dispatched to investigate a rollover traffic accident with a reported ejection on eastbound Interstate 435 between Nall Avenue and Roe Avenue.

Units arrived on scene to find a vehicle overturned which came to rest on its roof. Firefighters quickly discovered that there were two subjects injured, one is believed to have been ejected from the vehicle. Both subjects are said to have suffered serious injuries.

Initial reports indicate that the driver possibly fell asleep at the wheel and lost control of the vehicle. The vehicle rolled and the unrestrained passenger was ejected.

Two lanes of eastbound Interstate 435 were closed while emergency crews were on scene.

No information about the victims has been released as the accident remains under investigation.