A fatal accident was reported at 4:57 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 11, at southbound I-435 and Wolcott in Wyandotte County, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s report.
A Kia Forte was traveling southbound on I-435 when, for unknown reasons, the vehicle went off the roadway, crashing into a pole, the trooper’s report stated.
The driver, Shailee Y. Viramontes, age 23, of Leavenworth, Kansas, was killed in the accident, according to the report.
A 3-year-old boy in her car was taken to Children’s Mercy Hospital with a possible serious injury, according to the report.