Vehicle runs off-road, critically injures man mowing grass at Johnson County church

A man was critically injured when a vehicle ran off the road and struck him while he was mowing the lawn at a church in Fairway, police said.

Officers responded around 1:40 p.m. Wednesday to a reported crash near Shawnee Mission Parkway and State Park Road. A preliminary investigation indicates that the crash happened as a vehicle was driving east on Shawnee Mission Parkway, according to Police Chief J.P. Thurlo.

The vehicle drove off the road near State Park Road and struck a man who was using a riding lawn mower at Old Mission United Methodist Church, Thurlo said…

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