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Thursday, December 4, 2014
Ahmed H. Aden, 34, of Kansas City, was charged Friday in Jackson County with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the crash that fatally injured 15-year-old Abdisamad Sheikh-Hussein on Thursday night at Somali Center of Kansas City.  Aden was driving the SUV that hit the teen as he got into a car Thursday evening. The teen's legs were nearly severed, and he died in a hospital of his injuries. Prosecutors are requesting a $250,000 bond. Court documents said Aden crashed the SUV and got out of the vehicle with a knife.
Date: 
Saturday, October 11, 2014

One person is dead after an accident on eastbound I-70 near Mid Rivers Mall Drive Saturday night. Police say 76-year-old Jack G. Chappell of Bridgeton, Missouri, was killed when a tire that had fallen off of a towed vehicle hit his car. He was pronounced dead at the scene. A crash report indicates the accident happened around 10:00 p.m. when the tire struck two other vehicles before bouncing over a concrete median and striking Chappell’s car. There were no reports of other injuries. The investigation is ongoing.