CSW BREAKING: BLUE PARKWAY CLOSED IN KANSAS CITY AFTER CHILD STRUCK AND KILLED

A reported hit and run driver struck and killed a young child wandering on the westbound lanes of Blue Parkway near 67th Street just inside the Kansas City MO city limits with Raytown.

The incident occurred about 2:25 a.m. and the Raytown Police who arrived first confirmed the child was dead on the scene.


Police were looking for "a bluish-green 1990's Ford Taurus" that was driven by "a white male" who possibly struck the child and left the scene.


Around 3 am- police received a report from the nearby Crown Lodge motel at 8500 East Blue Parkway where a "2-year-old" male was missing from a room "with two other juveniles" there.

That information was confirmed as police discovered the boy wandered away from the room where his family from out-of-town was staying.


The young victim was identified Monday by police as "2-year-old J'Vierre Durden from Essex MO.."


Both directions of Blue Parkway between 63rd and 67th Street in southeast KC-MO going to and from Raytown were closed for several hours while police conducted their investigation.

CSW BREAKING: Critical Injuries After Motorcycle Crashes in Jackson- Johnson Counties MO

Blue Springs Police reported a "motor scooter" crash on M-7 Highway north of Colborn Road shortly after 11 pm Wednesday night.

 Crews for Prairie Township and Lake Lotawana Fire and EMS worked on the patient- reportedly a "an approximately 40-year-old female who was wearing a helmet" but had severe head injuires.

 She was taken to Centerpoint Med Center in very critical condition.


The woman- later identified as "39-year-old Niccole J. Young of Blue Springs-" died a couple of days later of her injuries.




As of this posting- an Eagle-Lifeflight medical helicopter is enroute to fly back to a Metro Kansas City hospital at the Johnson County Medical Center in Warrensburg two motorcycle crash patients.



One of the patients was reportedly a "24-year-old male- still unconscious" and "was not wearing a helmet."



It's not yet known where in JoCoMO that crash occurred. 

Kansas City KS Police Investigate Sunday Morning Homicide

It was 1:58 am Sunday morning when Kansas City KS emergency services were sent to an address in the 2900 block of North 17th Street where it was reported there was "a man down" on the ground across from a residence.


Police arrived minutes later and found a man who police said was "in his 40's" dead at the scene.

The victim had reportedly been shot.


Police didn't have any witnesses or suspect information and said they would release the man's name as soon as next-of-kin had been notified.

Male Pedestrian Killed on I-35 in Lenexa KS

A man walking on Interstate 35 was struck and killed by another motorist Sunday morning...


Lenexa Police and the Kansas Highway Patrol (KHP) said 23-year-old Kevin Polidore of Ottawa KS was walking on the edge of a southbound lane of I-35 just south of 87th Street when he was hit by a car driven by a Olathe man about 4:05 am.



Mr. Polidore died at the scene and the motorist who struck him- reported as 55-year-old Larry Gudgel of Olathe- was questioned and released by the KHP.

Central States News: One Dead- 30 Injured When Severe Storm Blows Down Large Hospitality Tent in St. Louis

Severe thunderstorms have been raking Metro St. Louis all afternoon (they continue as of this post)- and there are injuries and a fatality as a result...


The ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH online reports that one person is dead as the result of "a heart attack-" and 30 others were injured when winds during a severe thunderstorm blew ovwer a large hospitality tent near St. Louis's baseball stadium downtown.

It happened about 3:50 pm outside Kilroy's Sports Bar in the 700 block of South 7th Street- according to the SLP-D story- in a large tent set up as "a beer garden."

Of the 30 injured- it's reported that 4 of those are "in critical condition."


What's not stated in the SLP-D story was if anyone associated with the setup and operation of this tent was paying any attention to the weather moving in- but the National Weather Service had a severe storm watch AND warnings in effect for Metro St. Louis at the time of the incident.

Critical Injuries After Midtown Kansas City MO Shooting

What could be Kansas City's 40th homicide would result from a shooting in east Midtown KC-MO Saturday morning.


Police were on the scene at 27th Street and Prospect when EMS was called at 12:43 am- where they found "a male in his mid-20's with several gunshot wounds."

Shot in the belly- left shoulder and "possibly right above (his) heart-" the man was taken to a Metro medical trauma center in critical condition.


There was as of yet no further information on this incident as of this posting.

Fatality Crash on South Downtown Kansas City MO Freeway Loop

A 2-vehicle head-on crash on westbound I-670 near Broadway killed the driver of one vehicle and closed westbound traffic for several hours early Saturday morning.



The crash occurred about 1:05 am.



The male driver of the vehicle that was going the wrong way had to be cut from his crashed car by firefighters- and that took about 35 minutes- according to an EMS unit report to a hospital.



That driver- a "25-year-old male-" was also reported by EMS to be "highly intoxicated" and had a broken leg but had "no other visible injuries" according to EMS while enroute to the hospital.


Sunday- police identified the driver going the wrong way as "Robert J.K. Domsch-" who was charged with "involuntary manslaughter" for killing the other driver.


The driver killed was identified as "28-year-old Marco G. Vendetti."

CSW BREAKING: Mobile Home Fire in Gardner KS

Fire units from District 1 in Johnson County Kansas are battling a "fully-involved" mobile home fire in Gardner.


The alarm was dispatched at 7:30 p.m. to the Conestoga Estates mobile home park at 1199 East Santa Fe Street.


Police officers arriving at the fire scene at "Lot 341" moments later reported the mobile home was "fully involved" in fire.


There are no initial reports of injuries.


More on this post as received.

CSW WEATHER: Metro Kansas City Under Severe Storm Watch Until 11 PM

CSW WEATHER: "Moderate" Severe Storm Risk Near Kansas City

CSW BREAKING: 2-Alarm Fire at Olathe KS Elderly Facility

No details yet on this- but at 3:25 pm Thursday afternoon- a "2nd-alarm" was dispatched for a building fire at 17550 West 119th Street.


The building is at the Aberdeen Village Assisted Living facility.


Details that have become available is that there was initially a reported "explosion" in the kitchen area of this facility and fire reportedly spread to the attic area.

As of this post- fire ground radio traffic indicates that much of the work of firefighters at this time was "ventilation" of smoke from the fire building and that the fire- appearing to not be major- was out..


There are no immediate reports of injuries and it sounds as if the second alarm was strictly precautionary.