Sunday, September 27, 2009

Sunday Morning News: KC-MO Drive-By Shooting and Overland Park-KS Crash



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fter midnight- there was a drive-by shooting that left 2 injured- one critically- in East Kansas City and a van vs. pole crash in Overland Park left a man and a woman with serious to critical injuries.



Both victims in a drive-by shooting around 12:35 am at 26th Street and Quincy are reported to be Hispanic males.

Police are looking for the "two suspect vehicles- a black Chevy Suburban and a black Ford Explorer- both loaded with Hispanic males" one officer told CSW.

One of the gunshot victims was about 18-years-old with a "head wound from a possible shotgun" blast- according to a MAST-EMS paramedic. He was taken to a Metro trauma center in serious to critical condition.

The 2nd victim about the same age as the first had only a minor leg wound.


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Overland Park's emergency services were rolled out at 1:22 am to aid where a van crashed into a pole at 130th Street and Metcalf.

The male driver was pinned inside- but a female passenger got out on her own and seemed fine when the fire department began extrication of the driver.

During that extrication- the "50-60-year-old" passenger suddenly became unconscious and quit breathing. MEDACT-EMS rushed her to county's major medical trauma center.

This patient reportedly died several hours later at the hospital.

The male driver- "47-year-old"- suffered a serious to critical chest injury- and was transported by another MEDACT-EMS unit to a KC-MO trauma hospital.

Police were investigating the wreck.


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OP Fire would also run a fire in a recreational vehicle parked near a house in the 6800 block of West 78th Street around 2:50 am.

The RV received heavy fire damage by the time the fire was extinguished at 3:10 am- but the house was not damaged and no one was hurt.



Please watch KSHB-41 NBC Action News at 8 am- 5 & 10 pm for further information on these and other breaking news stories!

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