Beloved Overland Park 'Papa' Hit & Killed By Runaway Car During Daily Walk

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Remind ur Dad to be careful on his walks . . .

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Check follow-up on a tragic story from JoCo and testimony from his grieving family . . .

Police said a car was trying to turn onto northbound Quivira near West 121st Street when it hit a car driving in the opposite direction.

The driver of the southbound car lost control and ran off the road, striking Phil Shannon who was walking on the sidewalk on the west side of Quivira.

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Man killed in Overland Park pedestrian crash leaves behind large family, wife of 36 years

An Overland Park, Kansas, family is mourning the man they called "Papa" after a fatal crash Sunday morning.Phil Shannon, 72, was an avid walker who was out for a stroll Sunday morning when a crash happening near where he was walking took his life.