1 child dead, 1 hospitalized after ‘medical incident’ on Johnson County highway
The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a “medical incident” on K-10 highway that left a child dead on Wednesday evening, the agency said.
Details surrounding the episode were initially sparse. The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that an adult and two children were inside a vehicle when the “medical incident” occurred, near the K-10 highway-Kill Creek Road interchange around 5:30 p.m. One of the children was pronounced dead at the scene, and the other was taken to a hospital, authorities said.
The “medical incident” happened — on the highway inside the vehicle — to the child who was pronounced dead, said McKenzi Davis, a spokeswoman for the sheriff’s office. The condition of the child who was taken to a hospital was not immediately known. The adult was OK, Davis said.
The event was not a crash, according to Davis, but the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office has not yet said what the medical incident entailed.
Traffic was slowed in the area while first-responders worked at the scene.
“The sheriff’s office is actively investigating the circumstances surrounding this incident,” the sheriff’s office said. “Additional information will be provided as it becomes available.”
This story was originally published September 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM.
