Graduate student killed in car collision

Monday, February 9, 2009

Dimitri Mavridorakis, a 23-year-old KU graduate student, was killed in a car collision early Saturday morning.

Merriam Police responded to the accident on Shawnee Mission Parkway at Interstate 35 at 3 a.m. The student was declared dead at the scene.

The student was killed when a Dodge Dakota collided with a disabled vehicle the student was helping move off the overpass. The man the student was helping was inside the car at the time of the accident and was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

Steven Kyle Cummins, 25, was the driver of the Dodge Dakota. Cummins was taken into custody Saturday morning and charged with driving under the influence and involuntary manslaughter Sunday.

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