Report: Speeding may have contributed to driver’s death on Interstate 35
Published: Apr. 28, 2025 at 9:08 AM CDT
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (KCTV) - A Kansas City man was killed early Sunday morning in a crash off Interstate 35, the Overland Park Police Department says.
According to OPPD, someone called the department around 3:49 a.m. on April 27 to report a person driving south on I-35 at a “high rate of speed.” Soon after, the same caller found the vehicle crashed under the eastbound Interstate 635 bridge.
The driver of the crashed vehicle, 34-year-old Nicolas Hawthorne, was taken to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries, where he later died.
OPPD said the crash is still under investigation and asked anyone with information to the traffic unit at 913-890-1516.
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