Mar 01, 2023

Kansas man dies after vehicle strikes median barrier wall

Posted Mar 01, 2023 9:00 AM

JOHNSON COUNTY —A Kansas man died in an accident just after 11:30 p.m. Tuesday in Johnson County. 

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2005 Ford passenger vehicle driven by Denis M. Wambua, 33, Olathe, was southbound on Interstate 35 just south of Interstate 435 in Lenexa.

The vehicle traveled across the lanes of travel and the shoulder and struck the median barrier wall. The vehicle then traveled approximately 200-300 feet before coming to rest in the #3 lane.

Wambua was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to the Johnson County Medical Examiner's office. He was not wearing the seatbelt properly, according to the KHP.