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Overland Park mayor involved in crash after suspected ‘medical event,’ city says

Curt Skoog and his wife Amy Skoog FaceTime with their son and his wife after Curt Skoog won the Overland Park mayor’s race on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. On Sunday, a city spokesperson said the mayor was recovering in the hospital after a weekend accident attributed to a medical event in Kansas City, Kansas.
Curt Skoog and his wife Amy Skoog FaceTime with their son and his wife after Curt Skoog won the Overland Park mayor’s race on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. On Sunday, a city spokesperson said the mayor was recovering in the hospital after a weekend accident attributed to a medical event in Kansas City, Kansas. Jill Toyoshiba jtoyoshiba@kcstar.com

Overland Park Mayor Curt Skoog was involved in a single-vehicle crash over the weekend and was recovering in an area hospital, a city spokesperson said.

In an email Sunday evening, Meg Ralph, with the city, attributed the Saturday crash in Kansas City, Kansas, to what was believed to be a “medical event” and said no one else was involved or injured.

“Mayor Skoog is doing well, recovering in a local hospital, and has a path forward working with his medical providers,” she wrote.

“He is expected to make a full recovery,” she said.

Skoog is a longtime city official, having been first elected to the Overland Park City Council in 2005 before he was elected mayor in 2021.

This story was originally published August 26, 2024 at 11:01 AM.

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Nathan Pilling is a breaking news reporter for The Kansas City Star. He previously worked in newsrooms in Washington state and Ohio and grew up in eastern Iowa.
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