Olathe man charged in crash that killed teen girl last August
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. â An Olathe man was charged in the death of a 17-year-old girl in a traffic crash last summer.
Johnson County Prosecutors announced Thursday that Eric Hoedl, 42, has been charged with second-degree murder or, in the alternative, involuntary manslaughter.
The crash happened Aug. 2, 2020, at the intersection of South Hedge Lane and West Larkspur Street in Olathe.
Hoedel was driving a pickup truck and suffered minor injuries, according to a police news release after the incident.
Kansas man charged in death of teen in crash last year
January 8, 2021 GMT
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) A Kansas man has been charged with second-degree murder in the traffic crash death last year of a 17-year-old girl.
Prosecutors on Thursday charged Eric Hoedl, 42, of Olathe, in the Aug. 2 death of 17-year-old Jade Burkhart, television station KSHB reported. Police have said Hoedl was driving a pickup truck that collided with the teen’s car at the intersection of South Hedge Lane and West Larkspur Street in Olathe.
Burkhart was about to enter her senior year of high school at the time of the crash, officials said. No other details of the crash have been released.