Yesterday, a Kansas man was killed in an auto accident in Johnson County. The car accident happened near West 151st Street and Old 56 Highway around 4:30 p.m. on Friday, April 9. Witnesses say a southbound four-door sedan smashed into a pick-up truck after losing control and crossed over into the northbound lanes. The driver of the sedan was pronounced dead at the scene. Two others were taken to receive medical attention for non-life threatening injuries, believed to be the passenger of the sedan and the driver of the truck
Thousands of people are killed or injured every year on U.S. roads. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 30,057 people were killed in car accidents in 2013. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention list motor-vehicle accidents as one of the leading causes of death or severe injury in the United States.
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