Kansas man killed in car traveling in reverse on interstate

PLATTE COUNTY—Two people including a Manhattan man died in an accident just after 5p.m. Friday in Platte County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol ...

March 18, 2023
7:38 PM

PLATTE COUNTY—Two people including a Manhattan man died in an accident just after 5p.m. Friday in Platte County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2015 Nissan Sentra driven by Samantha M. Hemke, 22, Lenexa, was southbound on Interstate 435 just north of the Kansas state line. The Nissan rear-ended a 2002 Mazda Protege driven by Karin J. Breen, 57, Kansas City, Mo., who was traveling in reverse in the number one lane of the interstate. Breen and a passenger in the Mazda identified as Studd F.