Blog Posts in April, 2011
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Posted on Apr 29, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
Twenty-year-old Gardner resident Matt Wright was killed early today in a two-vehicle accident in Pittsburg, Kan. Wright, who was a sophomore in mechanical engineering technology at Pittsburg State ...
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Posted on Apr 27, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
ST. LOUIS • Calvin Collins, 44, pleaded guilty today to involuntary manslaughter, drug trafficking, and marijuana possession in St. Louis Circuit Court for driving a car the wrong way on Interstate 70 ...
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Posted on Apr 25, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A woman was hospitalized with critical injuries after she was hit by a car around midnight, Kansas City, Kan., police said Sunday. The car was traveling about 40 miles an hour near 67th Street and ...
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Posted on Apr 25, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
TOPEKA | A small airplane registered to a Kansas seed company may have had engine trouble before it crashed in a field a few miles north of the state capital Friday, killing four people. Jefferson ...
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Posted on Apr 20, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
ROLLA, Mo. | A woman and two children are dead and four people are injured after a fire at a south-central Missouri home where several developmentally disabled children lived. The fire was reported ...
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Posted on Apr 18, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
Two people, including a 5-year-old, died this afternoon in a traffic wreck near Eudora, Kan. The Kansas Highway Patrol said a car driven by Ryan Pittman was headed east on Kansas 10 and crossed the ...
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Posted on Apr 18, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
Two people died early today in separate Kansas City traffic accidents. Terrie Dorch, 33, died after a police chase when he got into an accident at about 12:30 a.m. at 39th and Harrison streets, police ...
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Posted on Apr 14, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A Springfield man died Saturday on a Texas road when he was hit by a tractor-trailer . Roger Patterson, 68, was struck on Loop 1604 about 2 p.m. Saturday near Nacogdoches Road in San Antonio, ...
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Posted on Apr 13, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A dump truck collided with a car on Highway Z this morning, killing one person, the Missouri Highway Patrol said. Cpl. Jeff Wilson said a 2006 Peterbilt dump truck driven by Bradley J. Geeding, 30, of ...
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Posted on Apr 13, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A pickup crashed through the front doors of a St. Joseph convenience store on Tuesday night, injuring six people. According to a report by the St. Joseph News-Press, police received a call shortly ...
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Posted on Apr 13, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A woman was critically injured in a two-vehicle crash about 6:20 p.m. on Independence Avenue near Elmwood Avenue, Kansas City police said. An eastbound Ford Explorer struck a Chrysler Sebring, which ...
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Posted on Apr 12, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
Animal control officials in Blue Springs are looking for the owner of a large Rottweiler involved in a bite incident last week. The officials said they need to locate the animal’s owner to confirm ...
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Posted on Apr 12, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
Springfield Police say a 29-year-old woman has died after a crash this morning on Kansas Expressway and Broadmoor Street. The woman was turning from Broadmoor Street to head southbound on Kansas ...
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Posted on Apr 12, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
The Missouri Highway Patrol has identified the Platte County public works employee killed while trimming trees as Justin R. Hartman, 30, of Dearborn, Mo. Hartman was working with a crew about 1:10 ...
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Posted on Apr 11, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A 49-year-old Osceola, Mo., man was killed in a crash in rural Henry County. The crash occurred about 5:15 p.m. Sunday along Missouri 13 at Northeast 400 Road north of Clinton, Mo., according to the ...
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Posted on Apr 11, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A woman was struck by a vehicle and killed while crossing Independence Avenue Friday evening, Kansas City police said. The incident happened between Chestnut Trafficway and Montgall Avenue shortly ...
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Posted on Apr 11, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A train has struck and killed an 18-year-old man in the eastern Kansas town of Osawatomie. Police identified the victim as Chad E. McMillin of Osawatomie. A news release says police, firefighters and ...
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Posted on Apr 8, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
Investigators say a boating accident in southwest Missouri that killed four members of a family probably happened because the boat was overloaded. The Jan. 28 accident on the Niangua River killed an ...
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Posted on Apr 7, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
The husband of a woman who was killed by a man driving a sport utility vehicle as she put gas in her car at a south city gas station has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the man. Matthew ...
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Posted on Apr 7, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
Two pedestrians were struck and serious injured Tuesday evening while they were crossing North Broadway Street in Oak Grove. William Barnhill, 53, and Shawn Berry, 42, both of Oak Grove, were hit as ...
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Posted on Apr 6, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A man was fatally injured Wednesday morning when the car he was driving smashed into the front porch of a home in the 5900 block of Goodfellow Boulevard, police say. The crash happened at about 5:30 ...
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Posted on Apr 5, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A Kansas City motorcycle officer suffered leg injuries in a wreck today at 51st Street and Blue Ridge Boulevard. Police said a driver turned left in front of the westbound motorcycle at 12:50 p.m. The ...
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Posted on Apr 5, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A 55-year-old Wellsville, Kan., woman was killed Sunday afternoon after she stepped in front of an oncoming train in Franklin County. The train struck the woman about 2:30 p.m. along train tracks ...
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Posted on Apr 5, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
Kansas City Police have identified the motorcyclist who died early Saturday after crashing into the back of a parked police cruiser as 34-year-old Ryan J. Jordan. Jordan ran into the patrol car about ...
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Posted on Apr 4, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A 53-year-old Paola, Kan., man died today when his motorcycle collided with a tractor he was attempting to pass. The motorcyclist was identified as Mitchell Ketzner. The accident was reported at 2:35 ...
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