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I-235 lanes near zoo closed after multiple-vehicle accident kills one, injures others

One person is dead and at least two people have been taken to the hospital after an accident on I-235 at Zoo Boulevard, according to Kansas Highway Patrol dispatch.

The call came in at 5:10 p.m. Initial reports indicated seven vehicles were involved, dispatch said. The dispatcher said it involved both lanes of traffic and that a driver headed southbound crossed into the northbound lanes.

Trooper Chad Crittenden tweeted that the northbound lanes would be closed at Zoo and the southbound lanes would be closed at 25th.

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Michael Stavola
The Wichita Eagle
Michael Stavola is a former journalist for The Eagle.
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