Thursday, February 12, 2015

TOPEKA, KANSAS WOMAN KILLED IN US-75 WRECK. A TRUCK THAT WAS ATTEMPTING TO CROSS HWY. 75, BUT FAILED TO YIELD AT THE STOP SIGN, COLLIDED WITH THE VICTIM’S CAR





FEBRUARY 12, 2015




TOPEKA, KANSAS. (WIBW) – 




A deadly wreck shut down a stretch of U.S. Highway 75 in south Jackson Co. for much of Wednesday night and was blamed for another wreck that injured several people, according to Sheriff Tim Morse.




According to the Kansas Highway Patrol just after 7:00 p.m. the driver of a red Oldsmobile Alero was heading north on Hwy. 75 when the car collided with a westbound Freightliner Ryder truck that was attempting to cross Hwy. 75, but failed to yield at the stop sign. 




KHP says that the Alero's driver, 56 year-old Jacqueline Moore of Topeka, was killed in the crash. There were two other passengers in the Alero. One passenger, 54 year-old Dwayne Anderson, was taken to Stormont Vail Hospital. The other, 50 year-old Shelli Zarazua, was not hurt. 

The driver of the Ryder truck, 33 year-old Christopher Smart, also was not hurt. KHP Crash Logs said that everyone involved in the accident was wearing a seat belt.




The Sheriff's Office also worked another incident near the Jackson-Shawnee Co. line, south of the first wreck. According to Morse,a northbound car collided with the back of a Dodge pick up truck. Several were hurt in that crash.




The Kansas Department of Transportation said that all northbound lanes of Hwy. 75 at K-214 reopened at 12:45 a.m. Thursday morning.




One of the 13 News team who was covering the wrecks was involved in another crash as well while on his way back to the station. He was not seriously hurt in the incident.