Category: Traffic

A single-vehicle fatality accident in the 1800 block of State Avenue overnight is under investigation.

Kansas City, Kansas, police officers responded to the accident around 12:15 a.m. Saturday, according to a police spokesman.

When they arrived, they found a single vehicle had wrecked into a house, the spokesman stated.

The driver was extricated from the vehicle and taken to a hospital in serious condition. A passenger was ejected from the car and pronounced dead at the scene.

A preliminary investigation revealed the vehicle was westbound on State Avenue at a high rate of speed when it lost control and left the roadway, the spokesman stated.

Detectives with the police department are currently investigating the fatality. Anyone with information on this case is urged to call the TIPS hotline at 816-474-TIPS, the spokesman stated.

An injury-accident was reported at 9:25 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 28, on Parallel Parkway over I-635, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s report.

A Jeep Compass was eastbound on Parallel and turned right to merge onto southbound I-635, according to the trooper’s report.

A Mazda 3 was turning left on a green turn arrow to get onto southbound I-635, the trooper’s report stated.

The Jeep failed to yield at a yield sign and struck the Mazda, according to the trooper’s report. Both vehicles then traveled down the ramp to I-635 southbound.

The Jeep exited the roadway to the right and struck a metal guard rail, the trooper’s report stated. Then the Jeep came to rest facing west on the shoulder and partially in the right lane, according to the report.

The driver of the Jeep, a 39-year-old woman from Shawnee, Kansas, was taken to the hospital with a possible minor injury, the trooper’s report stated.

The driver of the Mazda, a 32-year-old woman from Kansas City, Kansas, had no apparent injury, according to the trooper’s report. A 33-year-old male passenger from Kansas City, Kansas, in the Mazda had no apparent injury, the trooper’s report stated.