A single-vehicle crash left an Olathe woman dead on Monday morning along I-35 in Merriam.
According to the Kansas Highway Patrol’s online crash log, Angela M. Carter, 52, was driving a 2024 Chevrolet Suburban on the exit ramp from northbound I-35 to 75th Street at about 10 a.m.
Troopers say the Suburban struck a guardrail, about 200 feet south of 75th Street, then continued north on the exit ramp, drove across 75th Street, struck several raised medians and then crashed into a ditch.
The Suburban stopped in a small ditch just northeast of the intersection.
Overland Park firefighters and Johnson County Med-Act paramedics responded along with police officers from Overland Park and Merriam.
Recorded radio traffic from those units indicated that the woman’s condition was possibly a medical emergency and not a trauma caused by the crash.
The Highway Patrol’s crash log summarizes the incident as a “fatality crash” and makes no mention of a possible medical emergency.
According to county mapping, the south side of 75th Street is Overland Park, while the north side is Merriam.
Troopers closed the entrance ramp to northbound I-35 from 75th Street as they investigated the scene.
The ramp reopened before 1 p.m.
