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Headlines for Sunday, January 2, 2022

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Person Killed after Hitting KDOT Snow Plow

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP/KPR) — The Kansas Highway Patrol says a person has died after a vehicle rear-ended a snow plow in Wyandotte County. The crash happened early Saturday on Interstate 435 near Leavenworth Road in Kansas City, Kansas. The patrol says the vehicle was traveling at highway speeds or greater when it hit the Kansas Department of Transportation plow truck. The truck had its warning lights activated. Further information was not immediately available. In a separate accident, a Florida driver was injured when their vehicle struck a snowplow Saturday.  The Kansas Highway Patrol reports that the accident occurred on Interstate 135 near the Saline-McPherson county line.

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Amtrak to Reduce KC-St. Louis Service to Single Daily Round Trip

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Amtrak service across Missouri will be reduced to one daily round trip starting Monday. The change comes after state and federal COVID relief money that helped fund two round trips ran out in December. Missouri's budget does not include enough funds for two Missouri River Runner round trips across the state. Patrick McKenna, director of the state transportation department, said the service would lose an estimated $2.5 million if two trains ran from January to June. Starting Monday, one Amtrak train will leave Kansas City in the morning and one will leave St. Louis in the afternoon.

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Passenger Dies after Car Hits KCK House

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Police say a person died when a car crashed into a home in Kansas City, Kansas. The crash happened about 12:15 a.m. Saturday. A passenger in the car was thrown from the vehicle and died at the scene. Police say a preliminary investigation found the car was speeding on State Avenue when the driver lost control and went off the road into the house. The driver was taken to a hospital in serious condition.

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