Local Man Killed, Passenger Injured In Crash

By Jeff Gulley

An Osawatomie man was killed Monday night and a woman is in critical condition following a motorcycle crash Monday evening south of Osawatomie.

According to a news release, 28-year-old Dustin Eaks and a female passenger crashed and were ejected from a motorcycle Monday on Old Kansas City Road and West 355th Street. The Miami County Sheriff’s Office, Miami County EMS and Osawatomie Fire Department were dispatched to the scene just after 6 p.m. Eaks was flown by air ambulance to a Kansas City hospital and was later pronounced dead. The female passenger was taken by ambulance to another Kansas City area hospital and was listed in critical condition.

The crash remains under investigation by the Miami County Sheriff’s Office.

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