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An Overland Park man is killed in two-car crash

By Mará Rose Williams

Updated January 2, 2020 11:59 AM

Overland Park Police were investigating a fatal accident Wednesday night in the 11200 block of Nieman Road.

Police said two vehicles were involved in the crash that killed Agri M. Aytar, a 45-year-old man from Overland Park. No other injuries were reported. .

Details about what caused the accident, which happened just before 7 p.m., were not available. The department’s Traffic Safety Unit was on the scene of the wreck and police closed down Nieman Road between College Boulevard and 113th Street during the investigation.

This story was originally published January 1, 2020 at 9:04 PM.

Mará Rose Williams

The Kansas City Star

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Mará Rose Williams is The Star’s Senior Opinion Columnist. She previously was assistant managing editor for race & equity issues, a member of the Star’s Editorial Board and an award-winning columnist. She has written on all things education for The Star since 1998, including issues of inequity in education, teen suicide, universal pre-K, college costs and racism on university campuses. She was a writer on The Star’s 2020 “Truth in Black and White” project and the recipient of the 2021 Eleanor McClatchy Award for exemplary leadership skills and transformative journalism.

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