JOHNSON COUNTY — Authorities have released the name of the man who died in a wrong-way crash just after 4a.m. Wednesday in Johnson County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2001 Ford F150 driven by Tyler S. Burrows, 29, Lenexa, was parked on the shoulder of Interstate 435 at 79th Street in Lenexa.
The vehicle traveled northbound into the southbound lanes of traffic and struck a 2016 Freightliner semi head-on.
Burrows was pronounced dead at the scene. The semi driver Jared M. Fizer, 31, Harrisonville, Missouri, was not transported to treatment.
Debris from the collision hit a 2012 Nissan Altima driven by Najma M. Warsame, 19, Olathe. She was not injured.
All three drivers were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.