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Saturday, April 5, 2014

Two teens were killed in a single-vehicle wreck in Jefferson County Sunday night.

According to police, 17-year-old Danielle Pfaff was driving a Pontiac Grand Am southbound on I-55 near Highway 61 around 7 p.m. when the car veered off the right side of the highway.

The car then struck a tree and overturned.

Police said Pfaff was pronounced dead at the scene. Police said one passenger, 16-year-old Zoe Rhymer, later died at the hospital.

A third passenger, later identified as Miranda Brown, 15, suffered moderate injuries.

Date: 
Saturday, April 5, 2014
A Cessna 210 airplane crashed Sunday night in Lee’s Summit, injuring two people aboard. Around 5:45 p.m., witnesses at Legacy Park reported a low-flying airplane that appeared to be in trouble. Minutes later, emergency personnel were called to a field off Colbern and Windsor roads, just east of the park, on a report of a downed aircraft.