Category: Traffic

The victim of a fatal crash Monday, Oct. 11, in the 6700 block of Kaw Drive has been identified.

The victim was Austin W. Irwin, 24, a resident of Kansas City, Kansas, a police spokesman stated. Two vehicles were involved in the crash.

The driver of the other vehicle was taken to an area hospital with minor injuries and was later discharged, according to police.

The incident is under investigation by the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department’s Traffic Division. Anyone with information on the case is asked to call the TIPS hotline at 816-474-TIPS.

An injury-accident was reported at 3:45 p.m. Oct. 18 on northbound I-635 at Parallel Parkway, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s crash log.

A Harley-Davidson was traveling northbound on I-635 when the rider lost control and laid the vehicle over, according to the trooper’s report.

The driver, a 64-year-old man from Parkville, Missouri, had a possible minor injury and was taken to a hospital, the report stated.

He was not wearing a helmet, according to the report.