Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
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Area
Shawnee
Event narrative (NOAA)
Snow and sleet combined to make roads slick and hazardous and resulted in 2 accidents 10 minutes apart. The first occurred 18 miles south of Topeka on U.S. Highway 75 where a 2 vehicle accident resulted in 5 injuries, 2 of them critical. The second was a single vehicle accident on the Kansas Turnpike 5 miles southeast of Topeka. The lone occupant died at the scene of this accident.
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.