FedEx employee killed after being pinned between loading dock and tractor trailer has been identified

Posted: November 20, 2013 - 7:28am
Updated: November 20, 2013 - 12:15am

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Shawnee Police are investigating after a FedEx employee was pinned between the back of a tractor trailer and the loading dock this morning.

The incident was reported just before 7 a.m. at the FedEx sorting facility located at 8000 Cole Parkway in western Shawnee. The facility is just west of Kansas Highway 7.

Firefighters arrived to find the worker still pinned between the trailer and the loading dock.

The worker was reportedly pinned for approximately 7-10 minutes between the time of the accident and the time firefighters were able to free him.

Johnson County Med-Act, along with firefighters from Shawnee and Lenexa, found the man to be in cardiac arrest and performed life saving measures (CPR & defibrillation) several times, during emergency transport to an area trauma center.

Shawnee Police Department Major Bill Hisle has identified the victim as Dwight L. Spencer, 62, of Gardner, Kansas.

The Shawnee Police Department's Traffic Safety unit continues to investigate the accident.

A Security Guard at this same facility was killed in March of 2013 when he was run over by a tractor trailer near the front gate. Operation 100 News' previous report.

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Serious injuries reported in separate JoCo crashes

Posted: November 13, 2013 - 3:48am
Updated: November 13, 2013 - 4:24am

One man critically injured in car vs. tree crash

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Lenexa Police are investigating two serious injury accidents this morning.

The first crash was reported to authorities just after 1:45 a.m. Wednesday, in the area of 79th Street and Pflumm Road. Officers arrived at the scene quickly and located a vehicle that had left the south side of 79th Street and struck a tree. The driver of the vehicle was unresponsive, still inside the car.

Lenexa firefighters extricated the driver from the vehicle and he was transported by Johnson County Med-Act to an area trauma center. The driver was only described as a male with critical injuries. He was not believed to have been wearing a seat belt when the accident occurred.

Police say the man's injuries are life threatening. Officers continue to investigate what cause the accident.

The scene was on the south side of 79th Street, between Pflumm Road and Noland Road. Officers closed 79th Street to all traffic while crews worked the scene. The road was reopened to all traffic around 3:30 a.m..

Man seriously injured in single vehicle rollover

Emergency crews were called to a second accident in the area of 87th Street and Woodland Road around 2 a.m. Wednesday. This scene is about five miles from the first scene.

A caller reported a vehicle had rolled over on the 87th Street bridge that goes over the railroad tracks, just east of Woodland Road. Again, officers arrived quickly and found the vehicle had came to rest on its side

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and blocking both eastbound lanes.

As Lenexa Fire and Johnson County Med-Act arrived at the scene 87th Street was completely shutdown.

A witness tells Operation 100 News that the vehicle way laying on its passenger side and the driver was held in place by his seat belt. "The truck smelled of alcohol," according to the witness.

Firefighters worked for about 15 minutes to stabilize the vehicle and safely remove the driver.

Johnson County Med-Act transported the man, said to be in his 30's, to an area trauma center with serious injuries. Police say the man's injuries are serious but, not immediately life threatening. Officers continue to investigate what caused the accident and if alcohol may have been a contributing factor.

All lanes of 87th Street were reopened as the scene was cleaned up, around 3:30 a.m..

Shawnee Police assisted with blocking off 87th Street during the initial response to the crash.

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One serious injury reported in early morning burglary

Posted: November 9, 2013 - 12:59am
Updated: November 9, 2013 - 1:14am

Merriam Police are investigating after two men reportedly broke into a home in the 9500 block of 59th Terrace early Saturday.

The call started when someone inside the home called 9-1-1 and left the line open. Dispatchers couldn't hear much on the phone and sent officers to check the address.

Officers arrived to learn that two men had broken in and battered the two residents. One of the residents sustained a serious injury, possibly after being struck with a baseball bat.

One suspect was detained by officers and the second suspect is said to still be at large. He is only described as a white male, wearing camouflage.

Shawnee Police sent several officers to assist Merriam with holding a perimeter in the area and Lenexa Police sent a K-9 to attempt to track the suspect. The track did not turn up any leads on the second suspect's whereabouts.

Johnson County Med-Act transported the residents of the address to an area hospital to be checked out.

Police say the incident remains under investigation. A public information officer was not immediately available to comment on the incident.

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Jefferson County structure fire brought under control

Posted: November 9, 2013 - 12:47am
Updated: November 9, 2013 - 3:33am

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Firefighters from Meriden and at least two nearby townships battled a structure fire just off of Kansas Highway 4 on the outskirts of town early Saturday.

The call was dispatched around 12:10 a.m. after a caller reported fire from a building in the 7100 block of K-4.

Fire crews arrived to report flames through the roof of the large machine shop building. The address given by firefighters is 7127 K-4, which shows to be Quality Custom Cabinets.

There were several water tankers on the scene supplying water to fight the fire.

Crews were unable to enter the building to attack the fire, instead they used at least one aerial ladder to spray water through the building's roof.

Incident command declared the fire to be under control around 3:30 a.m..

Meriden is about 10 miles northeast of Topeka or 17 miles northwest of Lawrence.

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Five people injured in JoCo crash

Posted: November 8, 2013 - 6:26am
Updated: November 8, 2013 - 7:09am

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Johnson County Sheriff's Deputies are investigating after a two vehicle accident injured five people Friday morning near Gardner.

The accident was reported around 6:10 a.m. at the intersection of 159th Street and Moonlight Road, in Gardner Township. Motorists are urged to avoid the area while the accident is investigated.

Johnson County Fire District No. 1 crews arrived on the scene to report two vehicles involved in the crash with moderate to heavy damage. Two people were said to be pinned in the backseat of one vehicle.

A 38-year-old male was critically injured when the van he was driving struck another vehicle occupied by four people. The occupants of the second vehicle include a three females and one male. Two of the females are 16-years-old, one is 17 and the male is 20-years-old. One of the females is in serious condition, the other three only had minor injuries.

Johnson County Med-Act had three ambulances at the scene to transport all of the injured people to an area hospital.

The Johnson County Sheriff's Office says the southbound lanes of Moonlight Road "will remain closed for some time this morning," due to this accident.

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