Woman, 4 girls injured in crash after driver runs red light in Overland Park: police
Update: Overland Park police on Thursday afternoon provided new details contrary to what had been released earlier. That story is posted here.
A woman and four children were injured, one critically, Thursday morning when a vehicle that ran a red light struck another car and hit them as they walked to Pawnee Elementary School in Overland Park, according to police.
Officers were called to the crash shortly after 7:30 a.m. at West 87th and Grant streets, where one vehicle making a left-hand turn was hit by a vehicle that disobeyed a red light, according to Officer John Lacy, a spokesman for the Overland Park Police Department.
Three cars were involved, Lacy later said.
Momentum from the crash caused one of the vehicles to hit the four pedestrians, Lacy said.
One of the girls was in critical condition and the others hit were in stable condition, he said.
Police initially reported that the wreck involved two cars and three children rather than three cars and four children.
Citations to a driver were pending, Lacy said.
This story was originally published October 24, 2019 at 9:32 AM.
