Winter Weather — Miami, Kansas

2019-01-19 · Miami, Kansas

Event narrative

A snow plow driver for the Kansas Department of Transportation was killed Saturday morning after his vehicle crashed during snow removal operations.

From KWCH12: The Kansas Highway Patrol says 25-year-old Stephen Windler, of Paola, was traveling south on U.S. 69 south of 207th Street in Johnson County when he turned his plow to the right. He crashed into the grass and fell out of the vehicle.

EMS pronounced Windler dead on the scene. No other vehicles were involved in the crash.

Link to the story: https://www.kwch.com/content/news/Snow-Plow-driver-dies-after-fatal-accident--504597511.html .

Wider weather episode

On the morning of January 19, 2019 a snow plow driver clearing roads from a marginal snow event was killed when his snow plow left the road and overturned.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 795760. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.