PHOTOS & VIDEO - Overland Park man killed after attempting to elude police, crashing

Posted: December 21, 2014 - 3:08am
Updated: December 21, 2014 - 12:16pm

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Fairway Police are investigating after a driver was killed in a crash with a tree early Sunday morning.

A Westwood officer reported a vehicle failing to yield to him in the area of Shawnee Mission Parkway and Norwood Road around 2:20 a.m. The officer reported the vehicle was "in excess of 100 miles-per-hour."

The Westwood officer discontinued the pursuit, but continued to drive in the direction where the vehicle was headed.

The car was found crashed and on fire in the 5600 block of Norwood Road seconds later.

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Fairway Police Chief Mike Fleming says the Westwood officer attempted to stop the vehicle for traffic charges on Shawnee Mission Parkway near Belinder. The driver pulled into a parking lot and then immediately back onto the street striking another vehicle on Shawnee Mission Parkway.

The driver then accelerated across Shawnee Mission Parkway and went south of Norwood Street at a very high rate of speed.

"In the 5600 block of Norwood the vehicle struck two parked cars and two trees before coming to a rest in the driveway of 5612 Norwood," according to Chief Fleming.

The driver was the only occupant of the vehicle and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Chief Fleming has identified the driver as Grant Oliver McClure, 26, of Overland Park, Kansas.

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The Shawnee Police Department's traffic safety unit is handling the crash investigation.

Anyone with information that may assist officers is asked to call the Fairway Police Department at 913-262-2364.

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Operation 100 News broke this story as it unfolded, at 2:20 a.m. No other media reported any details of the crash until after 7 a.m. Operation 100 News was the first and only media on scene before daybreak.

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April 3rd - Spring General Elections in Johnson County

Posted: April 3, 2012 - 2:30am

Today is the Spring General election in several cities in Johnson County. Cities of Leawood, Mission, Prairie Village and Westwood will all go to the polls today. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. - 7 p.m..

Leawood and Mission voters will elect four Council Members to four year terms. Prairie Village voters will elect six Council Members to four year terms. Shawnee voters will elect a Mayor and four Council Members to three year terms due to an ongoing transition to an odd year election cycle. Westwood voters will elect a Mayor and two Council Members At-Large to four year terms.

For more information regarding candidates and to view your sample ballot visit the Johnson County Election Office's website.


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Kansas City, Missouri Police chase ends in crash.

At approximately 2:30 a.m. Tuesday morning, the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department was pursuing a vehicle which was believed to be stolen, into the City of Westwood, Kansas when the suspect vehicle struck a tree. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, who investigated the incident, the crash occurred at 47th Avenue and Rainbow Boulevard. The suspect vehicle was westbound on 47th Avenue, crossed Rainbow Boulevard and struck a tree.

Westwood's Police Station is located at the intersection where the accident occurred. Police from the Kansas side of the state line were notified that the pursuit was crossing into Kansas, however Kansas agencies chose not to join the pursuit and were not involved when the accident occurred.

The suspect vehicle was a 2003 Chevrolet Avalanche with license plates from the state of Maine. The vehicle was occupied by two Kansas City, Missouri men, both 31 years old. Neither man was wearing a seat belt and were transported to an area hospital with non life threatening injuries.

Nothing further was available at the time of this report.