OVERLAND PARK, Johnson County, Mo., Oct. 31, 2026 — A man was struck and killed on Thursday night, October 29, while standing beside his legally parked car on the shoulder of northbound Interstate 35 in Johnson County, Kansas. Another driver was hurt in the same crash.
According to a Kansas Highway Patrol crash report, the man, identified as 25-year-old Cameron D. Harrison of Shawnee, Kansas, had pulled over on the shoulder with his hazard lights on and was looking into his trunk when another vehicle struck him just after 6:30 p.m. The impact pushed Harrison and his car into the interstate travel lanes.
The driver of the other vehicle, a 47-year-old man from Bonner Springs, Kansas, went off the road into a ditch. He was taken to a hospital with what the Highway Patrol described as minor injuries.
Harrison was also taken to a hospital, where he died from his injuries. The northbound lanes of I-35 were closed for several hours on Thursday night while crews worked the scene. No cause has been released, and the crash remains under investigation by the Kansas Highway Patrol.
We extend our sincere condolences to the family of the deceased.
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