An online fundraiser started for a boy critically injured earlier this week in a traffic crash involving an electric scooter has so far raised nearly $60,000, as of Wednesday morning.
The GoFundeMe site identifies the boy as Duke Ommert, a fourth grader at Brookwood Elementary in Leawood.
Leawood Police say the boy was riding an electric scooter late Monday afternoon when he was struck by a vehicle near 103rd Street and Lee Boulevard. The fundraiser’s summary says Ommert had spent the afternoon “playing with friends” when the crash occurred…