this happened Monday nite, at about 100 mph, near my house. It sheared the pole, broke it like a toothpick, flew up, hitting the roof of a 1 story ranch house, then 50 feet more in a flame ball. Rescuers pulled out the driver, didn't realize 2 more were in the car.
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Families confirm identities of Overland Park crash victims
By BRAD COOPER and JIM SULLINGER
The Kansas City Star
Andrew Riddell
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Four charged in Friday night robbery in Olathe Senate expected to vote Wednesday on Lexie’s Law Families confirm identities of Overland Park crash victims Pressure intensifies on Kansas lawmakers as they weigh tax increases, budget cuts Former senator honored by JCCC Foundation as Johnson Countian of the Year for 2010 Family members this afternoon confirmed the victims of a fatal car wreck early Tuesday morning as Matt Honea and Andrew Riddell of Olathe.
Riddell’s father, Daniel, said he knows his son was in the car involved in the crash.
“He hasn’t come home, so we know,” Riddell said this afternoon.
Honea’s family declined further comment.
Riddell’s neighbors were saddened by the teen’s death.
“He wasn’t the kind of kid you’d expect something horrible to happen to. It’s such a waste of great potential. He could have done anything he wanted to do, I’m sure,” said Sara Dziadosz, who lives next to the Riddells.
Officer Jim Weaver of the Overland Park Police Department said only one of the victims, Andrew Riddell, has been positively identified. Weaver said police would release the name of the other victim when the medical examiner and the forensic dentist make a positive identification.
Two teens, who were students at Olathe South High School, were killed early Tuesday morning when the car they were riding in crashed into a power pole just east Metcalf Avenue on 151st Street.
The driver of the car was taken to the hospital and was listed in critical condition. Police said today they didn’t have an update on the driver’s condition, and hospital officials couldn’t comment. Police won’t release the driver’s name until the preliminary investigation is completed, Weaver said. Investigators are continuing to work the case and may not have their report complete for another week, he said.
The car was heading east on West 151st at high speeds about 1:10 a.m. when it left the roadway, striking a power pole and clipping the garage of a house, police said.
The car then rolled several times and burst into flames
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