Overview
- Duke Ommert, a Brookwood Elementary fourth grader, died at the hospital days after being struck on Oct. 13, according to Leawood police.
- The collision happened near West 103rd Street and Lee Boulevard as the child rode an electric scooter after an afternoon with friends.
- The driver stayed at the scene and has not been publicly identified, and police ask witnesses to contact 913-642-7700 or tips@leawood.org; bystanders called 911 after the crash.
- Brookwood Elementary and the Shawnee Mission School District arranged grief counseling and shared condolences, and a community GoFundMe is supporting the family.
- The death follows another recent child fatality in the Kansas City metro, heightening local concern over kid safety on bikes and scooters.