*** FIRE KILLS ONE IN OP-KS ****** An elderly woman is dead after a fire in her half of an Overland Park-KS duplex at 4:18am Easter morning.
The fire was in the 9000 block of West 78th Street Circle- a little more than a mile southwest of OPFD Station Number 1 on 75th Street. They responded along with several other OPFD fire units.
Police soon sent nearby cars as well- both agencies arrived at the scene at 4:23am- a police officer saying the back of the 2-story duplex was burning.
Police dispatch had warned of a senior woman with disabilities living there- and had not been seen outside by neighbors reporting the fire.
Sadly- at 4:35am- an OPPD officer says one person had just been brought out by firefighters- 17 minutes after the alarm was first dispatched.
MEDACT-EMS paramedics and EMT's worked on the woman- whose heart had stopped- her body's "top half covered by 2nd-degree burns." The patient was enroute to a Wyandotte County trauma center at 5am- heartbeat kept going only by the EMS crews' machines.
The woman was declared dead by that trauma center shortly before 6am.
Lenexa and Merriam fire departments came to this 2-alarm fire- and OPFD investigators are seeking a cause.
Police say a previous call to that address included "a smoking light fixture."
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** CRITICAL INJURIES IN KC-MO WRECK **
*** At least 2 vehicles crashed and one caught fire early Sunday morning on northbound I-35 and North Antioch.
A Claycomo-MO EMS unit who happened upon the scene shortly after the 12:58am dispatch found a male lying in the roadway- reportedly after being ejected from one of the wrecked vehicles.
This fellow's in critical condition they say.
This and another male in his mid-20's in serious to critical condition were taken to 2 area trauma centers while KC-MO police began their investigation.
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<><><> OVERNIGHT WEATHER <><><>
Temperatures fell to the upper-20's to low-mid 30's on brisk north to northwesterly winds overnight.
Some cloud cover kept temperature from falling more- and will help to keep them from warming more today.
Monday- temperatures warming to normal and above through mid-week- then a storm system brings thunderstorms and rain to the MetroRegion through late-week.
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