After car crash in Johnson County, man runs over other driver, then himself, police say
Two people were run over when one of them tried to move a vehicle following a collision in Shawnee on Thursday, police said.
One person was critically injured.
Initially, two drivers got out of their vehicles after a minor crash around 5 p.m. near Maurer Road and Shawnee Mission Parkway. No one was injured in that collision, police said.
But as one driver tried to move one of the vehicles, he ran over the other driver, a woman, then fell out of the vehicle he was moving and was also run over by the vehicle, police said.
The Shawnee Police Department, the Shawnee Fire Department and Johnson County MED-ACT were called to the scene, and the woman was taken to a local hospital with critical injuries, according to police.
On Friday, Emily Rittman, a spokesperson for the Shawnee Police Department, described the woman’s condition as “stable.”
The crash was accidental and is not under investigation as a criminal matter, Rittman said, noting alcohol and drugs were not considered contributing factors.
