May 24, 2022

Hit-and-run crash that killed Kan. girl still under investigation

Posted May 24, 2022 4:58 PM
Image Douglas Co. Sheriff
Image Douglas Co. Sheriff

DOUGLAS COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities continue their investigation of a hit and run accident that killed a 9-year-old Kansas girl. Authorities in Douglas County have not reported an arrest or that they identified the driver.

On May 16, the sheriff's office reported they located a vehicle in the Kansas City area they suspect to be the transit van involved in the crash, according to a media release from the Douglas County Sheriff's office.

Brooklyn Brouhard, 9, of Eudora died from injuries suffered in the crash that occurred just after 5p.m. on May 14. She was passenger on a motorcycle driven by her grandfather 54-year-old Barry Larson who was also injured.

Larson was driving a motorcycle northbound on East 1900 Road with Brooklyn as a passenger. As the motorcycle approached the overpass, the transit van moved forward from the stop sign and the top of the eastbound off ramp from K-10 and into the intersection and struck the motorcycle.

Witnesses reported that after the collision, the driver of the white van proceeded down the ramp leaving its black front bumper cover behind and returned to eastbound K-10. 

EMS transported Larson and his granddaughter to an area hospital where she died.  The Douglas County sheriff's office released no new details over the past week.

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DOUGLAS COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a fatal hit and run accident and asking the public for help to locate a van and driver that fled the scene.

Just after 5p.m. Saturday, police responded to a two-vehicle crash in the 1300 Block of East 1900 Road on the ramp over Kansas 10 Highway between Lawrence and Eudora, according to the Douglas County Sheriff.

According to a preliminary investigation, a 54-year-old man was driving a motorcycle northbound on East 1900 Road with a 9-year-old girl as passenger. As the approached the overpass, an unknown possibly a 2013-19 white Ford Transit van moved forward from the stop sign and the top of the eastbound off ramp from K-10 and into the intersection.

The van struck the motorcycle which overturned. EMS transported the man and the girl to Overland Park Regional Medical Center. He had serious but non life threatening injuries. The girl, who was wearing a helmet suffered critical injuries and died Sunday morning, according the sheriff's department.

Witnesses reported that after the collision, the driver of the white van proceeded down the ramp leaving its black front bumper cover behind and returned to eastbound K-10. 

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Douglas Co. Sheriff.