One person was killed early Sunday in a single-vehicle crash in Johnson County, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.
The crash which was reported at 4:50 a.m. on southbound Interstate 435 at Johnson Drive in Shawnee.
According to the patrol, a 2015 BMW X5 was traveling south on I-435 in the left lane when, for an unknown reason, the vehicle left the roadway and struck a bridge pillar.
The driver of the BMW, James R. Belfield, 54, of Lake Quivira, was taken to an area hospital, where he died a short time later. The patrol ...