Thursday, October 3, 2019

Springfield Police Department releases name of victim in fatal car-pedestrian accident

(From the Springfield Police Department)

At 11:02 p.m. on Oct. 1, 2019, officers with the Springfield Police Department responded to the area of Kansas Expressway and Interstate 44 regarding a motor vehicle crash involving a pedestrian.

A red 2000 Jeep Wrangler, driven by 37-year-old Laine Smith of Springfield was entering the westbound merge lane onto Interstate 44 from southbound Kansas Expressway when it struck a female pedestrian who was walking in the roadway of the merge lane. 








 The pedestrian was transported by EMS to an area medical facility where she died from injuries related to the crash.

The pedestrian has been identified as 45-year-old Deanna R Fink-Gonzalez. Impairment is not suspected at this time. The investigation is ongoing as to the circumstances involved in the crash.

This is SPD's eleventh fatality motor vehicle crash of 2019.

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