A Baldwin City man died Wednesday night, January 22nd, in a high-speed crash on I-35 in Johnson County. Around 7:45 p.m., the Kansas Highway Patrol crash report says 61-year-old Kevin Oldfield, of Baldwin City, was driving his vehicle northbound on the interstate at a high rate of speed.
Oldfield swerved to avoid a hitting a vehicle just south of West 75th Street and according to the highway patrol’s crash log, his car ran off the highway and hit the median barrier wall. The car rode along the barrier wall before returning to the highway and rolling to a stop. Oldfield was alone in the car. The highway patrol reports he was not wearing a seat belt. No other vehicles were involved in the crash.
