KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Overland Park police announced Thursday that a man involved in a traffic crash last month died from his injuries.
Police responded to a crash near West 123rd Street and Antioch Road on Wednesday, Dec. 21.
A driver involved in the crash — identified Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024, as Overland Park resident Dennis Cotton — was injured and taken to the hospital in the wreck.
Cotton — who was 76, according to an online obituary — died Dec. 27.
Overland Park police were notified Thursday about his death by the Johnson County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Cotton, an avid Kansas State fan, started a nonprofit called Kits for Smiles to bring art to children with cancer, according to his obituary.
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