Dec 02, 2024

Driver dead after wrong-way crash on Kansas highway

Posted Dec 02, 2024 5:30 PM

JOHNSON COUNTY —One person died in an accident just after 11:30p.m. Sunday in Johnson County.

According to a social media report from Overland Park Police, a vehicle was southbound in the northbound lanes of U.S. 69 just north of west 95th Street.  The southbound vehicle struck a northbound vehicle. 

The wrong-way driver was pronounced dead at the scene. EMS transported the driver of the northbound vehicle to a local hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. The accident remains under investigation. Police have not released the name of the driver.