Saturday, October 24, 2009

MetroRegion Kansas City Overnight News - Saturday - October 24- 2009



W
hile generally a clear-cool and calm post-midnight both weather and news-wise- there were a few incidents of note:



Around 1:25 am- a passing motorist on U.S. 59 near Garnett-KS came upon a vehicle that had reportedly hit and "speared" a guardrail.

Anderson County Sheriff reported the callers said the female driver apparently had been ejected during the crash- but the Good Samaritans couldn't immediately find the "yelling" crash victim.

The driver was soon located- "waist deep" in the cold water of a drainage ditch- missing most of one leg and suffering other injuries.

After transport by a ground ambulance- the woman was flown to a Metro K.C. medical trauma center in serious condition.

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Just after 2 am- Belton-MO police made a traffic stop on a vehicle "driving erradically" on Missouri (m-) 50 near Mott street.

Inside the stopped vehicle- police found "a male stabbed in the back."

EMS was called for the guy- he's whisked to a hospital in potentially serious condition.

Grandview police say they "may" have the suspect who stabbed the male found in Belton already in custody in their city.

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Law enforcement agencies from the entire Metro are looking for a reported "suspect" in a "sexual battery of a child" that occurred just after 5 am in Spring Hill-in extreme southern Johnson County-KS..

Police are looking for a "Dan McCoy- last seen northbound from Spring Hill in a blue Ford Taurus" that had Missouri license plates.

The Ford Taurus reportedly had body damage on one side of the vehicle and suspect McCoy was "believed headed back to Missouri."

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Before the midnight hour- a driver of a vehicle at a police traffic stop at 31st Street and West pennway in KC-MO suddenly rammed the police car behind him and led officers on a chase into KC-KS..

The suspect and vehicle were stopped and apprehended about 10 minutes later at 20th Street and Central in KC-KS.. No one got hurt.

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For more information on these and other news stories- please watch KSHB-41 NBC Action News at 8 am- 5 & 10 p.m..
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