Jay Senter
Jay Senter
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Overland Park police chief points to Metcalf wreck as ‘classic case of distracted driving’

What you see in this picture is illegal. Don’t do it.

A rear-end collision in the 7700 block of Metcalf this week has Overland Park Police Chief Frank Donchez reminding motorists of the danger of texting and driving.

A video of the accident, which occurred around 1:20 p.m. Tuesday, from a Metcalf traffic camera shows a sedan plowing into the car in front of it. See below:

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Jay Senter
Jay Senter

Jay Senter is the founder and publisher of the Johnson County Post.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in business at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, where he worked as a reporter and editor at The Badger Herald.

He went on to receive a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Kansas. While he was in graduate school, he also worked as a reporter for the Lawrence Journal-World.

His reporting has appeared in the Kansas City Star, The Pitch and The New York Times, among other publications.

Senter was the recipient of the Johnson County Community College Headliner Award in 2023.

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