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1 killed, 1 injured in car crash on Quivira Road in Overland Park

Update: Police identified the victim as 75-year-old Barbara Patterson of Overland Park.

One driver was killed and another taken to the hospital after a two-vehicle crash Monday night on Quivira Road in Overland Park.

The crash happened at about 8:30 p.m. Monday when a vehicle traveling south on Quivira Road slammed into another car traveling west on 127th Street, police said.

The driver of the second car was pronounced dead shortly after the crash and the driver of the first car was taken to a nearby hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening, said Capt. Gary Mason with the Overland Park Police Department.

The crash remained under investigation Tuesday afternoon.

Anyone who witnessed the crash or has additional information about the incident is asked to call the Overland Park Police Department at 913-895-6300.

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This story was originally published December 28, 2021 at 1:55 PM.

Zach Murdock
The Kansas City Star
Zach Murdock covers Johnson County for The Kansas City Star. He previously covered criminal justice for the Hartford Courant and local government in Florida and South Carolina. He was born and raised in Kansas City and graduated from the University of Missouri.
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