A man from Kansas City, Mo. has been charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of an elderly man in a car wreck.

The accident happened in August 2016, when 39 year old Gabriel B. Cornelius was speeding on 115th and Holmes Road. Gary Dramshek, aged 72, of Kansas City, was attempting to make a left turn at 115th in a Ford, when Cornelius, who was driving behind him in a Chevy, swerved to the left and steered into him hitting his vehicle on the left door. The Ford was pushed off the road and hit a gas main. Dramshek died later in hospital.

Cornelius has been charged with 1st Degree Involuntary Manslaughter and according to police, he was under the influence of both alcohol and drugs at the time of the collision. Police have also accued Cornelius of speeding at the time of the crash and prosecutors requested a bond of $100,000.

If you or your loved ones have been injured in an accident in Missouri, please call the Kansas City accident attorneys of Protzman Law Firm at (816) 221-6400 or contact us online right away.

On Tuesday, November 8, a man died following a fiery accident on Interstate 435.

According to Kansas City police, the accident happened at about 12:37 p.m. Tuesday on northbound Interstate 435 and Bannister Road. A vehicle was making a sudden lane change and in front of that vehicle was a stopped Buick car which was being driven by 85 year old Arthur Garnett. Another man was driving a Ford Taurus behind the car making the lane change and it was unable to stop and rear ended the stopped vehicle. The driver got out and ran to the stopped car which became engulfed in flames almost immediately and saw Garnett in the driver’s seat with no other passengers. Although motorists stopped to try and get the driver out they were driven back by the heat and unable to open the door and he died at the scene.

His son has expressed his gratitude for those who tried to help and police say the accident is still under investigation.

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On Monday morning, October 24, a fatal accident was discovered in Kansas City, Mo.

According to Kansas City police, they do not know when the accident happened but on the Monday morning, workers from Kissick Construction were in their scrap yard when they saw the wreck of a vehicle and called 911. On arrival at the scene, police discovered the body of 60 year old Michael Blackwell of Kansas City, Mo. inside the car. They believe that the crash happened even more than 24 hours before it was discovered.

Following investigation, they determined that the vehicle was travelling southbound on Highway 71 when it hit the concrete Jersey barrier on the Highway 71 Bridge and jumped over the left side of the bridge to the ground below. Investigators said it is rare for accidents of this nature to happen and are continuing with the investigation.

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On Saturday, March 5, a major crash injured 10 people.

According to police, the accident happened shortly after 7.15 p.m. at Truman Road and Hardesty Avenue. Police were chasing 25 year old Hakeem K. Harris of Kansas City who was facing several charges of kidnapping, armed criminal action and resisting arrest following a report from a woman who said she had been assaulted and held against her will for around two hours during a domestic violence dispute.

Harris was driving at high speed southbound and ran a red light. He collided with at least four vehicles and six adults and four children were injured and taken to hospital. One of those injured was a 12 year old boy who was ejected from one of the vehicles and his condition is said to be serious.

Harris was arrested at the scene of the accident.

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On Monday, February 8, a person died in an overnight rollover wreck on the Interstate.

According to Kansas City police, the accident happened around 12.30 a.m. on the eastbound lanes of the I 70 near the sports complex.

Johnny Wilson was driving an SUV eastbound and was just west of Blue Ridge Cutoff when he lost control and the vehicle rolled. It then hit the median and ended up in the west bound lanes of the Interstate on its side.

Wilson was ejected and died from his injuries and the police are investigating why he lost control.

When the police were responding, one officer was also involved in a crash when he was at the scene in his patrol car with his emergency lights operating and another vehicle rear ended his patrol car. Both the officer and the other car’s driver were taken to hospital with minor injuries.

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Early on Saturday morning, December 12, a man from Kansas City died in a crash in Northland.

According to Kansas City police, the accident happened at around 2.30 a.m. at Missouri Highway 152 and North Platte Purchase Drive. Accident Investigators said that 41 year old Clint R. Burris was driving a Chevrolet Impala eastbound when for reasons unknown, he lost control of the vehicle, left the roadway and crashed into a ditch. Burris, who was alone in the vehicle at the time of the accident, died at the scene.

Police are continuing to investigate the accident and are awaiting the results of toxicology to ascertain whether alcohol or drugs were a factor in the accident.

Burris was not alone in having a fatal accident that night as three other people died in another two crashes. The first happened on P Highway, north of Lamar road at around 1.30 a.m. when a vehicle left the roadway and rolled, killing its sole occupant, a 25 year old male from St. Joseph, and following Burris’ accident, two teens died in a crash at East Gregory Boulevard and Oldham Road at about 4 a.m. when their vehicle left the road and hit a large tree. The victims on this occasion were Charles Traylor and Theodoe Rowe, both aged 17.

If you or your loved ones have been injured in an accident in Missouri, please call the Kansas City accident attorneys of Protzman Law Firm at (816) 221-6400 or contact us online right away.

On Tuesday, 27 October there was a seven vehicle accident which killed two men.

According to the Highway Patrol, the accident happened at around 9.15 a.m. on the I 70 at Kingdom City. It was raining and a westbound vehicle hydroplaned, crashing into a trailer being pulled by a semi. Then another semi swerved to avoid the accident, crossed into the eastbound lanes and hit a third semi head on. Three more vehicles then crashed into the accident.

The drivers of the semis that crashed head on were 46 year old Charles Moore of Nicholasville, Kentucky and 46 year old Robert Brainerd of St. Louis. Both men died at the scene.

Serious injuries were suffered by 54 year old Mark Goddard of Osawatomie, Kansas, and Clara and Sonny Conn, both aged 71 from Moorehead, Kentucky. The driver of the vehicle which originally hydroplaned was 23 year old Aaron Shipps of Osawatomie and he was moderately injured.

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On Tuesday, September 15, a woman was killed and six children critically injured in an accident.

According to Kansas City police, two vehicles in Kansas City, Missouri were having a shootout. Mariana Hernandez-Gonzales, aged 30, was trying to flee from the scene and was not involved but she was hit by a bullet and her car was hit by one of the vehicles involved in the shooting. Following the collision she was thrown from the SUV and she died. There were six children in the car with her and they were all critically injured and transported to hospital but none of their injuries were thought to be life threatening. One other person was taken to hospital with a gunshot wound.

The police say that they have detained one person in connection with the shooting and the investigation is ongoing but no further details were available.

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On Tuesday, August 4 a couple from Lee’s Summit died in a rollover crash.

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol., the crash happened at around 11 a.m. when 56 year old Mark Groom and his 55 year old wife, Margaret Kelli Groom were driving in their 2003 Chevrolet Suburban on Interstate 70 in western Kansas. They were on their way to Colorado to visit family.

It appears that the vehicle cut off another driver and then the suburban swerved off the road, spun crossing both westbound lanes of traffic, rolled several times, eventually coming to rest in the median on the driver’s side.

Both Groom and his wife died in the crash. Also in the vehicle was 84 year old Richard Nieweg, who was Kelli Groom’s stepfather and he too was pronounced dead at the scene.

The three other passengers were the Groom’s grandchildren, two six year old boys and a 10 year old girl and they were all taken to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. One of the children was expected to be released from hospital shortly after and the two others were said to be doing well.

The Groom family ran an appliance, heating and cooling service business in Lee’s Summit.

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