Winter Weather — Shawnee, Kansas

2003-12-09 · Shawnee, Kansas

Event narrative

A wintery mix of precipitation caused slick roads and resulted in a multi vehicle accident near the junction of Kansas Highway 4 and Interstate 70 east of Topeka. The slick roads caused two vehicles to collide. A passenger of one of the vehicles stepped outside the car to inspect damage when a third vehicle slid toward the other two. The man inspecting the first vehicle tried to avoid being hit by the third vehicle by jumping off the Highway 4 overpass onto Interstate 70 where he was killed. The victim's age was unknown.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5336241. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.