Sunday, February 18, 2007

The Kansas City MetroRegion Overnight News and Weather Report - Sunday, February 18, 2007

TWO INJURED - NONE SERIOUSLY - AFTER OLATHE POLICE CHASE

Olathe Police chased the suspect of a double vehicular assault who went the wrong way on I-35 and ended up in a crash.

It was just after 2 am Sunday morning when police responded to a disturbance at La Fiesta, 806 W. Old (U.S.) 56 highway. It was reported "a security guard was struck by a vehicle" there after officers arrived. MEDACT-EMS was requested at 2:09 am..

At 2:11 am, an officer at the incident reports "another (person) struck," apparently by the driver of the same vehicle - which officers say is "a 1991 Ford Explorer" who drove off.

Both victims of the assault at La Fiesta - both males - had non life-threatening injuries.

Yet another Olathe cop spots the suspect vehicle near Old 56 Highway and Sunset at 2:12 am- when the suspect manuevers onto I-35 - going northbound in the southbound lanes.

Officers pursue the suspect - I never hear at what speeds or if they too went the wrong way with the suspect - but at 2:15 am - one of the Olathe officers reports "a crash- (about 1/2-mile) south of I-435" that involved the suspect's Explorer, "an 18-wheeler and another car" which overturned.

Neither the driver of the suspect vehicle nor the car that overturned - both males in their 20's - were seriously hurt. No one was injured in the 18-wheeler.

The incident stopped or slowed traffic on I-35 here for about an hour.

Chase-crash scene (Photo courtesy of the KC Scout Traffic System)

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*MAN SUFFERS PAINFUL INJURY IN EAST KC-MO SHOOTING AND WRECK-

It was eight minutes after 3 am when the first call went out of a wreck at "Linwood and Van Brunt." .
When the fire department arrived two minutes later- they found "a 25-year-old male" who according to the transporting MAST-EMS unit had "a gunshot through and through to his scrotum and (thigh)."
The suspects got away in an S.U.V. and no one else was hurt.

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*HOUSE BURNS NEAR FRANKLIN-MIAMI COUNTY KANSAS LINE-

A "1-story" house was found "fully-involved" in flames just after midnight in the 36900 block of West 287th Street.
Wellsville, Paola and Louisburg fire departments sent equipment and crews - indications were the structure was vacant and no other injuries heard.

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*(DON'T) EAT IT-

OLATHE, KS firefighters & paramedics went to the aid of 3 people affected by "possible food poisoning" in the 11300 block of Parish just before 7 am. All the patients were expected to live to eat possible bad food again.

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* OVERNIGHT WEATHER -

Mostly clear skies and very light to calm winds prevailed overnight. Temperatures stayed in the 20 to 25-degree mark where the winds stayed light. Some areas where the wind went calm temperatures plummeted: 7-degrees at Lawrence, Ks and 15-degrees in south KC-MO..

Temperatures will go above normal this week. There is a chance of a significant late-week storm system affecting the KC MetroRegion.

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