Wrong-way driver on I-35 in Johnson County hits vehicle, killing motorist, patrol says Ian Cummings, The Kansas City Star
Apr. 3 Update: The Kansas Highway Patrol on Saturday identified the person killed in the wreck as a 34-year-old Johnson County man. That story is posted here.
A wrong-way driver on Interstate 35 in Johnson County struck another vehicle, killing the other driver, early Saturday morning, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.
The crash occurred about 2:48 a.m. on I-35 near 67th Street in Merriam, according to Trooper Tiffany Bush, a spokeswoman for the highway patrol.
A motorist first called to report a vehicle heading southbound in the northbound lanes before Lenexa police reported the crash, according to the patrol.