Category: Traffic

The Kansas Thanksgiving Safe Arrival traffic enforcement campaign has been going on this past week, through Monday, Nov. 28, according to a news release from the Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Office.

The Sheriff’s Office, Kansas HIghway Patrol and other law enforcement agencies are involved in extra efforts to actively enforce the traffic laws.

The Sheriff’s Office also wants residents to know that “Buckling Up Saves Lives,” according to the spokesman.

“Buckle Up. Your friends and family are counting on you to arrive safely this Thanksgiving. Click it. Don’t risk it,” the Sheriff’s Office reminds residents.

Two lives were lost on Monday afternoon on I-635 near Kaw Drive, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s report.

A 2022 Ford Ranger was southbound on I-635 approaching I-70 at 4 p.m., driving aggressively, and left the roadway to the right, according to the trooper’s report.

The Ranger continued in the ditch and came to a gap between southbound I-635 and the I-70 eastbound ramp to southbound I-635, the trooper’s report stated.

The Ranger then entered the gap, went airborne and landed on its rooftop on Kaw Drive, according to the trooper’s report. The location was 4240 Kaw Drive Frontage Road, Kansas City, Kansas.

The driver, Nicholas Michael Munoz, 35, of Plant City, Florida, lost his life, the trooper’s report stated.

Joshua Daniel Foster, 39, of Spring Hill, Kansas, a passenger, also was fatally injured, the report stated.