Man critical after tractor trailer crash in Prairie Village

Posted: December 24, 2013 - 4:51am
Updated: December 24, 2013 - 5:16am

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Prairie Village Police were called to the 7700 block of Roe Avenue, near Briar Drive, shortly before 4:30 Tuesday morning.

Officers arrived to find a tractor trailer crashed, on its side, in the roadway. The driver of the truck was pinned inside.

Crews from Consolidated Fire District No. 2 and Johnson County Med-Act extricated the man and rushed him to a Kansas City, MO trauma center in critical condition.

Sources tell Operation 100 News that police are investigating the possibility that the man suffered a seizure, causing the accident. There were also reports of a possible domestic issue, involving the driver's daughter. The daughter was apparently dropped off by her father before the accident. She is currently with police and said to be unharmed.

The truck was loaded with beer, some of which broke through the trailer's roof and spilled onto the roadway.

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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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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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Overland Park Police vehicle struck by tractor trailer on I-435

Posted: July 6, 2012 - 3:00am
Updated: July 9, 2012 - 1:59pm

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Shortly before 3 a.m. Friday, an Overland Park Police Officer reported that his patrol vehicle had been struck by a tractor trailer on westbound Interstate 435 just east of Quivira Road. The officer reported no injuries at the crash scene.

Overland Park Fire and Johnson County Med-Act responded to the scene and reported moderate damage to the vehicles involved. Med-Act reports the involved officer has very minor injuries and will be transported to an area hospital as a precaution.

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Dispatchers say that two, of the three, lanes were closed due to the accident. Those lanes were reopened shortly before 4 a.m.. Olathe Police are handling the investigation into the accident.

Police say the officer was conducting a traffic stop and was in the parked police vehicle when a tractor trailer made a sudden lane change to avoid rear-ending the stopped patrol car. The tractor trailer sideswiped the patrol car causing moderate damage. The officer was transported to an area hospital as a precaution.





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