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One person seriously injured in wrong-way wreck on U.S. 169 in Olathe

Traffic on southbound Interstate 35 at Gardner Road was affected by a wrong-way wreck Thursday on U.S. 169 near West 75th Street.
Traffic on southbound Interstate 35 at Gardner Road was affected by a wrong-way wreck Thursday on U.S. 169 near West 75th Street.

Police were investigating a wreck Thursday on U.S. 169 involving a semi-truck and a wrong-way driver that left one person with serious injuries.

The wreck was reported shortly after 6 p.m. on southbound U.S. 169 near West 175th Street in Olathe.

The northbound lanes of the highway were shut down, between West 175th Street and West 187th Street.

Toriano Porter: 816-234-4779, @torianoporter

This story was originally published June 29, 2017 at 9:02 PM with the headline "One person seriously injured in wrong-way wreck on U.S. 169 in Olathe."

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