Sunday, February 11, 2007

The Kansas City MetroRegion Overnight News and Weather Report - Sunday, February 11, 2007

Two house fires and a man struck by a train are the overnight headline items.


** MUCH LESS-TRAGIC OUTCOME TO HOUSE FIRE NEAR BASEHOR KS -
0243 - IN207000417 - LEAVENWORTH COUNTY (LVCO) KS- FAIRMOUNT & STRANGER TOWNSHIPS- TONGANOXIE FIRE & COUNTY-EMS - "HOUSE FIRE- PEOPLE STILL INSIDE- (147TH STREET) AND LEAVENWORTH ROAD."
THE "PEOPLE STILL INSIDE" PART IS REPEATED SEVERAL TIMES HENCE. SOMEONE WITH FAIRMOUNT FIRE ARRIVES BY 0251C WHERE THE FIRE IS (DISPATCHED TO "148TH TO 149TH STS." ) AND OVER THE NEXT FEW MINUTES REPORTS: "FIRE (HAS GONE) THROUGH THE ROOF - NEIGHBORS REPORT THEY HEARD SOMEONE INSIDE POUNDING ON THE WINDOWS" BEFORE HE HAD ARRIVED. BONNER SPRINGS FIRE WENT TO ASSIST AT 0304C. IT'S NEARLY 4 AM WHEN IT'S DETERMINED THERE WERE NO PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE- AND THE FIRE IS "UNDER CONTROL" AT 0430C.. NO REPORTS OF INJURIES - CAUSE UNDER INVESTIGATION.


** MAN STRUCK BY A TRAIN AND LIVES (THUS FAR) IN KC-MO -
0439 - IN207000422 - KC-MO - FIRE- MAST & POLICE-CENTER- "PEDESTRIAN STRUCK BY A TRAIN- LYDIA JUST NORTH OF GUINOTTE." "MALE" PATIENT "WITH AN ARM & LEG AMPUTATED" FOUND "ABOUT A QUARTER-MILE WEST OF LYDIA." THE PATIENT WAS TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL TRAUMA CENTER IN CRITICAL CONDITION.


** HOUSE BURNS IN KC-MO UNION HILL AREA -
0512 - IN2070004243 - KC-MO - FIRE - FIVE COMPANY RESPONSE: "BASEMENT FIRE IN A RESIDENCE- 3005 GRAND." FIRST-IN UNIT REPORTS "SMOKE SHOWING FROM THE UPPER FLOOR OF A 2-STORY HOUSE" AT 0518C. A "WORKING FIRE RESPONSE" OF ANOTHER COMPANY IS ANNOUNCED AT 0519C & A MAST-EMS "STANDBY" UNIT IS ALSO SENT. NO OCCUPANY STATUS OF STRUCTURE EVER HEARD - BUT INTERIOR SEARCHES FOR POSSIBLE TRAPPED PEOPLE WERE "ALL CLEAR." THE FIRE WAS "UNDER CONTROL" AT 0558C.. NO INJURIES REPORTED AND THE CAUSE IS BEING INVESTIGATED.


* ONE OF 2 KNOWN SHOT IN KC-MO -
0151 - IN207000404 - KC-MO - POLICE-EAST- MAST & FIRE- "SHOOTING- 120 N. BRIGHTON." POLICE SAY "INJURIES NOT LIFE-THREATENING" AT 0159C- "SUSPECTS 2 BLACK MALES." MALE VICTIM "SHOT IN THE LEG AFTER AN ATTEMPTED ROBBERY" TRANSPORTED NON-EMERGENCY TO AN AREA HOSPITAL.


* THE OTHER ONE SHOT IN KC-MO -
0153 - IN207000405 - KC-MO - POLICE-EAST DISPATCH: "SHOOTING VICTIM AT (THE EMERGENCY ROOM OF AN AREA HOSPITAL) - SHOOTING HAPPENED IN THE 4400 BLOCK OF MONROE ABOUT 30 MINUTES AGO - SUSPECTS WERE IN A BLACK OLDER-MODEL SATURN WITH TINTED WINDOWS." NO CONDITION OF VICTIM MENTIONED.

0230 - IN207000413 - KC-MO - A METRO-ZONE POLICE OFFICER HAS "AN INJURED HAND" AFTER A FOOT CHASE IN AREA OF 52ND STREET & HIGHLAND. THIS WAS A "BLACK MALE SUSPECT" WHO "BAILED OUT FROM A BLACK SATURN WITH TINTED WINDOWS" NEAR 51ST & FOREST FROM THE (ABOVE) SHOOTING CAPTURED. MAST FINALLY FOUND THE OFFICER AT 0240C..



* OVERNIGHT WEATHER -
A cloud cover yielded to a beautiful sunrise in Kansas City as temperatures fell to the 20-degree mark with light southerly winds.

All weather eyes will be on a developing storm system in the Southwestern USA that will bring rain, freezing rain, sleet and snow to the Kansas City MetroRegion Monday into early Tuesday.


PLEASE WATCH KSHB NBC41 - ACTION NEWS FOR THESE AND OTHER BREAKING NEWS STORIES.

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