Fourth man dead from KCK crash of stolen pickup

A fourth man who was critically injured after a Sunday morning pickup crash in Kansas City, Kan., has died, police said.

The victim was identified as Cory J. Thornburgh, 18, of Shawnee. The wreck happened around 1 a.m. in the 6300 block of Rowland Avenue. Three other men who were inside the stolen pickup also were killed.

They were identified as Hayden Gottman, 20, of Lenexa; Joshua Lindsey, 18, of Overland Park; and Cameron T. Shafer, 20, of Kansas City, Kan.

Police said the men were southbound in a stolen pickup truck when it veered off the roadway and struck a tree. Gottman and Lindsey were dead when police arrived. Shafer died later at a hospital.

A woman told police that a fifth occupant stole her car when she arrived to help.

This story was originally published July 13, 2017 at 4:04 PM with the headline "Fourth man dead from KCK crash of stolen pickup."