Month: April 2016
Victim of fatal accident on I-435 identified as Olathe man
An 85-year-old Olathe, Kan., man died in a fatal accident at 3:50 p.m. Wednesday, April 13, on I-435 southbound near Kansas Avenue in Edwardsville, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol crash report.
The man was driving a Honda Element southbound on I-435, and for an undetermined reason, he lost control of the vehicle, drifted onto the outside shoulder and struck the bridge pillar for Kansas Avenue, the trooper’s report stated.
He was identified as Robert A. Nash, 85, of Olathe, Kan., according to the trooper’s report. His next-of-kin has been notified.
Legislative coffee scheduled
A legislative coffee is scheduled from 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 16, at the West Wyandotte Branch Library, 1737 N. 82nd, Kansas City, Kan.
It is sponsored by the library, League of Women Voters and NAACP. It is open to the public, and it includes questions and answers.
Rep. Kathy Wolfe Moore, D-36th Dist., and Rep. Louis Ruiz, D-31st Dist., are planning to give an update about the legislative session. Rep. Ruiz is the assistant House minority leader.
The legislators are currently on a break and will return to Topeka April 27 for the veto session.