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16-year-old boy killed in Basehor, Kansas crash: KHP
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A 16-year-old boy was killed Tuesday night after being hit by a truck at a highway intersection in Basehor, Kansas.
According to the , just after 9:15 p.m., Cody L. Lamping was driving a 2005 Toyota car southbound on 155th Street when he drove through a red light at State Avenue/U.S. 24 Highway.
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At the same time he entered the intersection, a 68-year-old man driving a Chevrolet pickup truck was heading westbound on U.S. 24 when he hit the driver's side of Lamping's car.
KHP said the pickup truck was driving at 'highway speed.'
'If you're late getting home from curfew or something, wait just a couple more minutes for the lights to cycle through,' KHP Trooper Tiffany Baylark said.
'It's not worth losing your life over. Yellow means slow down. be prepared to stop. Don't try and gun it through the intersection.'
Lamping was taken to Providence Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead by hospital staff at about 10:20 p.m.
The driver of the pickup had minor injuries in the crash.
'Even though you have the right of way with a green light, someone can always take your right of way,' Baylark said.
'So you need to essentially clear the intersection even though you have a green light. Start to let off the gas a little bit, hover your foot over the brake pedal, and be prepared to stop if you see someone coming.'
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