A teenager was killed when he tried to help a crash victim on Interstate 35 on Saturday morning, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol crash report. Just before 2 a.m. Saturday, Benjamin D. Van Buskirk, 17, of Olathe was hit by a Jeep Liberty after Buskirk had gotten out of a car on I-35 south just north of Johnson Drive in Merriam.
A Chevrolet Equinox was stalled in the left lane of traffic, according to KHP. A Honda CR-V stopped on the right shoulder and Van Buskirk exited to help the driver of the Equinox. A Jeep Liberty traveling south then hit the Equinox and drifted across the road, running into Van Buskirk, according to KHP. Van Buskirk was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The driver of the Equinox suffered serious injuries, KHP reported.