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A Ford pickup overturned at 6:32 p.m. July 8 at K-32 and 142nd, injuring a woman.
According to a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s report, the pickup was eastbound on K-32 when it went left of center for an unknown reason, overcorrected, entered the south ditch and overturned.
The driver of the pickup, a 59-year-old Bonner Springs woman, was injured and taken to a hospital in Overland Park, Kan., according to the report.
A Jeep Liberty fleeing from a Shawnee, Kan., police officer crashed on July 8 at Parallel Parkway and 100th Terrace in Kansas City, Kan.
The three-vehicle accident took place at 9:11 p.m. July 8.
According to a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s report, the Jeep Liberty was eastbound in the westbound lanes of Parallel.
The Jeep hit a Toyota Camry Solara that was turning westbound from 100th Terrace, the report stated.
A Ford Crown Victoria came to a stop, blocking in the Jeep, when the Jeep’s driver rammed the vehicle into the Crown Victoria, the report stated.
The driver of the Jeep, Jesse James Carlson, 18, of Prairie Village, Kan., had a possible injury and was taken to a hospital in Kansas City, Kan., according to the trooper’s report.
A passenger in the Jeep, a 19-year-old Kansas City, Kan., woman, was not injured, the report stated.
The driver of the Solara, a 16-year-old Kansas City, Kan., woman, was not injured, the report stated.
A passenger in the Solara, a 50-year-old woman from Marietta, Ga., had a possible injury and was taken to a hospital in Kansas City, Kan., according to the report.
The driver of the Crown Victoria, a 33-year-old Shawnee, Kan., man, was not injured, the report stated.
Clifford C. Copp, 58, Overland Park, Kan., who owned Copp Trucking Co. in Kansas City, Kan., has been indicted on a federal tax evasion charge. The company closed in 2001.
The indictment alleges that while Copp Trucking was in business the defendant was responsible for paying quarterly employment taxes for the company. In 2001, he filed reports to the IRS indicating the company owed approximately $939,408 in employment taxes for that year, the U.S. attorney’s office stated. However, the company did not pay the employment taxes due, the U.S. attorney’s office stated.
In February 2004 he was assessed trust fund recovery penalties of $669,037, according to the U.S. attorney’s office. Since then he has provided false information to the IRS the U.S. attorney’s office stated. He failed to accurately disclose his monthly income, concealed assets, and placed funds and property in the names of nominees, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.
If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000. The Internal Revenue Service investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Chris Oakley is prosecuting.