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Man facing manslaughter, DWI charges in connection with wrong-way 50 Highway crash
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas man is facing multiple charges, including involuntary manslaughter, in connection with a deadly wrong-way crash on US 50 Highway in September 2024.
Peter E. Goss of Mission Hills, Kansas, has been charged with one count of first-degree involuntary manslaughter, one count of DWI resulting in death and one count of driving the wrong direction on a highway, resulting in an accident.
One dead, one hurt in wrong-way crash on US 50 Highway in Lee's Summit
, just before 11 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, a 45-year-old man, later identified as Goss, was driving a Chevrolet Suburban on the wrong side of 50 Highway in Johnson County, Missouri.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol said Goss crashed head-on into a Subaru Legacy, driven by 65-year-old Kevin Wilson of Lee's Summit, Missouri.
When emergency responders arrived, court records say Wilson was pronounced dead at the scene, and Goss was found trapped inside his Chevrolet, which had rolled onto its passenger side.
After Goss was rescued from the Chevrolet, court records say he was given a preliminary breathalizer test, which came back as a 0.160%—twice the legal blood alcohol content level.
He was subsequently taken to a hospital for his injuries and arrested on suspicion of felony DWI involving the death of another, driving in the wrong direction of a divided highway, and imprudent driving involving an accident.
While at the hospital, Goss was asked to take a chemical blood test by state troopers, but he refused and requested an attorney, court records say.
Jackson County courts then granted troopers a search warrant, and Goss was ordered to take the test. Court documents say the blood sample was taken back to the MSHP Crime Laboratory for analysis, but as of June 2025, the results have not been released.
Goss has since been formally charged in a Johnson County District Court, and according to his attorney, J.R. Hobbs, he has posted bond and 'complied with the pretrial release conditions set by the court.'
Additionally, Goss' attorney added that his first court appearance is scheduled for early July.
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