Ernesto Lopez Killed in a Crash on January 01, 2022 in Wyandotte County, Kansas

Ernesto Lopez of Platte City, Missouri was killed on Saturday, January 01, 2022 at 01:55 AM in Wyandotte County, Kansas. Lopez is a 20-year-old man.

The crash happened here: southbound Interstate 435 at mile marker 15.4; or Interstate 435, .02 of a mile south of Leavenworth Road.

In the crash, Lopez was a driver. The police described the crash like this:

Vehicle 2 [the 2018 International Dump truck driven by Randol Toom], a KDOT Plow truck with its warning lights activated, was traveling Southbound on Interstate 435 treating the roadway. Vehicle 1 [the Chrysler Town and Country driven by Ernesto Lopez] was traveling Southbound on I-435. For an unknown reason, Vehicle 1 [the Chrysler Town and Country driven by Ernesto Lopez] rear ended Vehicle 2 [the 2018 International Dump truck driven by Randol Toom] at highway speeds or greater.

Injuries

Lopez's injuries were fatal. Lopez was taken by ambulance to Frontier Forensics.

Vehicle Damage

The police said the Chrysler Town And Country with Unknown license plate number damage was unknown. This vehicle was removed by Alandon.

How To Get the Highway Patrol Report

The Kansas Highway Patrol trooper with badge number K70 of the Kansas Highway Patrol wrote up the report. The highway patrol assigned report number 2022-000006 to this crash. The KSHP charges $5.00 for each copy of the report plus additional fees of $2.00 for each witness statement. But you can call 877-925-1969 to request a free copy of the report. In order to get the report through the KSHP website, you must create a Kansas.gov account and give them your credit card. You must agree to be subject to Kansas Statute 45-230: Unlawful Use of Names Derived from Public Records. This statute imposes on those subject to it "a civil penalty in an action brought by the attorney general or county or district attorney" of up to "$500 for each violation." Further, unless you qualify under the Federal Driver's Privacy Protection Act, the report you get will have important and necessary information such as photographs, social security numbers, driver license numbers, names, addresses and telephone numbers redacted (blacked out).

The information in this article came from the Kansas Highway Patrol website.