15-year-old driver critically injured in collision with tree

Posted: January 2, 2014 - 1:48am
Updated: January 2, 2014 - 2:02am

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Johnson County Sheriff's Deputies are investigating after a 15-year-old crashed a car into a tree this morning just outside of Olathe.

The accident was initially dispatched as a car fire, on 167th Street east of U.S. 169 Highway in Olathe Township. Olathe Police arrived on the scene at 1:12 a.m. to find the vehicle fully engulfed. Officers discovered that the driver had been thrown from the vehicle and immediately requested an ambulance.


Johnson County Med-Act and Johnson County Fire District No. 2 reported the driver's injuries to be critical. His injuries are said to include a broken leg.

The vehicle was very heavily damaged in the collision. One source tells Operation 100 News that the vehicle's front bumper was nearly touching the firewall. The tree is said to be 20-25 feet off of the roadway.

The driver has only been identified as a 15-year-old male and Olathe resident. The vehicle involved belongs to his parents and he is believed to have taken off in the car without their permission or knowledge.

Sheriff's Deputies continue to investigate and no other details were immediately available.

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Man stabbed during fight in Olathe neighborhood

Posted: December 13, 2013 - 1:51am
Updated: December 13, 2013 - 9:43am

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Olathe Police are investigating after a man was found stabbed early this morning.

Police say they were called to the 16100 block of S. Cooper Street on reports of several males fighting.

Officers arrived and contacted the occupants of a vehicle which was seen leaving that area. One officer noticed blood on the back of the victim, who police say, did not realize that he had been stabbed.

Johnson County Med-Act responded to the vehicle stop on the ramp from U.S. 169 Highway to 151st Street and reported the man's injury to be serious but, not immediately life-threatening.

He was transported to an area hospital for further treatment.

A 19-year-old male was arrested at the Cooper Street address and a folding knife was recovered by officers.

The case will be forwarded to the Johnson County District Attorney's Office for charging.

Anyone with information regarding this investigation is asked to call the Olathe Police Department at 913-971-6950 or the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477.

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Olathe man identified as person found in burned out car

Posted: September 8, 2013 - 7:45am
Updated: September 10, 2013 - 3:47pm

Update:

The Johnson County Sheriff's Office has identified the deceased person as Jerome Stonebraker, 61, of Olathe, Kansas.

Master Deputy Tom Erickson says "the investigation determined there was no criminal activity involved in Stonebraker's death."

No other information has been released.

Original Report:

The Johnson County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a body was found in a burning vehicle east of Gardner, Sunday morning.

Johnson County Fire District No. 1 firefighters were called to respond on a grass fire shortly at 5:37 a.m., near the intersection of 183rd Street and Clare Road.

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Firefighters found a small area of grass on fire and a vehicle fully engulfed in flames, when they arrived at 5:46 a.m..

Fire officials confirmed to Operation 100 News that as firefighters extinguished the car fire, a body was found inside and Sheriff's Deputies were requested to respond.

Master Deputy Tom Erickson says, "there was one deceased person in the vehicle that deputies have not identified at this time. Detectives and the Johnson County Crime Lab are investigating."

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Update: Critical injuries in Anderson County accident

Posted: September 6, 2013 - 1:08am
Updated: September 6, 2013 - 2:14pm

Update:

The Kansas Highway Patrol has identified the two men injured in this morning's accident.

Troopers say Ryan Stone, 37, of Meadville, Missouri and Isiah Jones, 55, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri were both critically injured in a single vehicle accident early Friday.

Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper say the men were riding in a 2001 International and were westbound on K-58, approximately 5 miles west of Colony, Kansas. The truck went off the right side of the roadway and struck two signs, the vehicle then crossed back to the left side of the road, where it struck a tree, in the ditch.

The vehicle was heavily damaged and both men were extricated from the vehicle by local firefighters.

Mr. Stone was transported to a Kansas City area trauma center and Mr. Jones was transported to a Topeka trauma center. Both men remained in serious condition at last check.

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Anderson County authorities are investigating after two people were critically injured in a rollover accident this morning.

The accident was reported shortly after 12:30 Friday morning, on K-58 near SW Colorado, or approximately five miles west of US-169 highway, outside of Colony, Kansas.

First responders arrived to find a two-ton railroad maintenance truck with very heavy damage. Crews worked for more than 30 minutes to extricate both occupants from the truck.

Two medical helicopters responded and transported both of the injured to trauma centers for further treatement.

The intersection remained closed until around 2:30 a.m..

The accident scene is about 70 miles south of Downtown Lawrence, or 80 miles southwest of the intersection of 75th Street and Interstate 35 in Overland Park.

Law enforcement and firefighters from Allen County and Coffey County assisted Anderson County on the call.

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Police impersonator stops at least one vehicle in Miami County

Posted: February 11, 2012 - 5:35am
Updated: February 11, 2012 - 4:35pm

UPDATE: As of 4:30 p.m. Saturday, the Miami County Sheriff's Office reports that the suspect and the vehicle have been located. The man turned himself in after word spread of the incident from media and Facebook, according to Authorities. Deputies say the male suspect is a Law Enforcement Officer from "out of town." He reportedly spotted a strange vehicle and made a traffic stop on that vehicle. The case has been forwarded to the Undersheriff who will decide the outcome of the case.

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The Miami County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a person reported being pulled over by a man impersonating a Law Enforcement Officer around 4 a.m., south of Paola, Kansas.

The man was described as a white male with a thin face, 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighing 150-180lbs and wearing oval glasses. He was dressed in a black water resistant jacket and blue jeans with holes in them. The victim also reports that the male was armed with an unknown type handgun.

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The suspect vehicle is described as a black or dark colored Chevrolet 2-door, possibly a Cobalt. The vehicle is said to have red/blue "police style" lights on the sun visor and a dealership license plate on the front bumper.

No further information was immediately available. Anyone with information is asked to call the Miami County Crime Stoppers TIPS Hotline at 913-294-8477.

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KHP releases Holiday Weekend activity numbers

Posted: December 1, 2011 - 12:21pm
Updated: December 1, 2011 - 2:51pm

Related Story: Stepped up Holiday Enforcement

The Kansas Highway Patrol has released its Thanksgiving Weekend Holiday activity. The activity reporting period began at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 23rd and ran through 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, November 27th.

Preliminary numbers indicate that it was a fairly safe weekend on Kansas roads, with the Patrol working no fatal crashes, according to a news release.

Activity

2011

2010

Total Fatal Crashes

0

2

Total Fatalities

0

2

DUI Related Crashes

3

4

DUI Related Fatalities

0

2

DUI Arrests

24

32

Speed Citations

1,400

1,505

Speed Warnings

1,245

1,527

Adult Seatbelt Citations

342

531

Adult Seatbelt Warnings

118

53

Teen Seatbelt Citations

9

21

Teen Seatbelt Warnings

2

3

Child Restraint Citations

39

34

Child Restraint Warnings

7

9

Motorists Assisted

1,426

1,251

Over the holiday weekend, the Kansas Highway Patrol was participating in the Special Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP), which began November 21, and ran until November 27. The Kansas Department of Transportation provided a grant for the additional enforcement.


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Stepped up Holiday Enforcement

Posted: November 20, 2011 - 3:24am
Updated: November 20, 2011 - 4:00am

Preliminary results from KHP regarding this enforcement effort. Released: December 1, 2011 LINK

Law Enforcement throughout the Douglas and Johnson County area are participating in the Kansas Thanksgiving Traffic Enforcement Campaign. The campaign will begin Monday, November 21 and last through Sunday, November 27, 2011. A grant from the Kansas Department of Transportation will enable area law enforcement to have more officers present on area roadways to aggressively enforce Kansas traffic laws. Officers will be looking especially for impaired drivers and for children, teens, and adults who are not legally and properly secured with a seat belt or child safety restraint system.

According to KDOT, the Thanksgiving holiday weekend (Wednesday-Sunday) commonly outranks all other holidays in its number of alcohol related crashes. Those driving under the influence of alcohol or other drugs, endanger not only themselves, but also their passengers, other motorists, and pedestrians. Across Kansas, six persons - most of them innocent - are killed or injured in nine alcohol-related crashes each day. KDOT says compared with non-alcohol-related crashes, vehicle occupants in alcohol-related crashes are over two and a half times more likely to be injured or killed. Each week across Kansas over 300 drivers are arrested for driving under the influence. 

Failure to take the time to buckle up is also responsible for needless death and maiming. Those who do not buckle up are about 12 times more likely to be killed and almost twice as likely to suffer injury as those who do buckle up. Even worse is the fact that the injuries suffered by those who are unbuckled are likely to be much more severe or disabling than those suffered by an occupant who is properly restrained. According to KDOT, which tracks all crashes in the state, crashes are most likely to occur within a short distance from home.

Area law enforcement reminds the public that if you are going to be drink, always designate a non-drinking driver. Make arrangements ahead of time.

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• Olathe Police Department
• Kansas Highway Patrol
• Kansas Department of Transportation

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Sheriff's Office vehicle pursuit leaves one dead

Posted: November 20, 2011 - 2:17am

Updated: November 20, 2011 - 3:50pm

UPDATE: This afternoon, the deceased driver has been identified as 21-year-old, Clayton R. Kessler of Hillsdale, Kansas. The Johnson County Sheriff's Office continues to investigate the accident.

The Johnson County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a fatality accident on southbound US 169 Highway at 215th Street in Spring Hill. Just before the crash, Deputies were in pursuit of a vehicle which one Deputy reported was "in excess of 140 miles per hour".

Seconds prior to the crash, Johnson County Deputies disregarded chasing the suspect vehicle, only described as a "Dodge Neon SRT-4". The vehicle is reported to have rolled several times and came to rest upside down. When the first Deputy arrived at the vehicle it was reported that the driver had been ejected from the vehicle. Johnson County Fire District 2 units were dispatched to the scene along with Johnson County Med-Act and Miami County EMS. 

After approximately 20 minutes of searching the area a subject was found, matching the description of the registered vehicle owner. That person was pronounced dead at the scene.

The crash also sparked a grass fire, which was quickly extinguished by firefighters.

As of 2:30 a.m., crews remain at the scene, investigating and working to confirm that there was only one occupant in the vehicle at the time of the crash. Southbound lanes of US-169 Highway is expected to remain closed until 8 or 8:30 a.m., according to an Emergency Dispatcher.

No further information was immediately available.

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