A grandmother died Saturday in a crash near the stadiums that shut down Interstate 70 for hours, according to family members.
Aaron Adams, 15, and his brother, Brandon Bridges, 14, are grief-stricken over the death of their grandmother, Rosa Bridges.
"She would take us to our dad and we would hang out there but she's not going to be able to do that anymore," Aaron Adams said in an interview with 41 Action News.
Rosa Bridges
On Saturday around 9:45 a.m. the three were heading west to KCK on Interstate 70 when a car clipped their Honda near Blue Ridge Cutoff.
"His rear bumper hit the front bumper of our car and we started spinning," Adams, who was sitting in the passenger seat, said.
Police said their car eventually flipped over the concrete barrier.
"All the glass was broken," Adams said. "The car was upside down and everything when I woke [sic] and I unbuckled myself and climbed out the window."
His 14-year-old brother was still buckled in the backseat.
"One of those ladies came over to help me out of the car. I couldn't get out by myself," Brandon Bridges said.
That same woman called the boys' mother, Elizabeth Sprague, as other drivers pulled Brandon out of the mangled car.
"We couldn't understand anything that this lady was saying on the phone, she was so upset and then it was about five to six minutes later, a police officer called," Sprague said.
According to KCPD, the 61-year-old grandmother died at the scene. Her death is Kansas City's 22nd traffic fatality of 2017.
"She didn't deserve what happened to her, happen to her," Sprague said. "But I know that she would've preferred her own life to get taken than one of her grandkids."
Both teenage boys were treated for cuts and bruises. They now have a request for the drivers who helped them Saturday.
"I want to see them in person and give them a huge thank you," Adams said.
A request as they begin a journey to heal emotionally.
We just going to have to keep praying and kind of push each other through it and stay strong for each other," Adams said.
If you were one of the drivers that helped the teenage boys Saturday morning, please contact us at desk@kshb.com.
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Andres Gutierrez can be reached at andres.gutierrez@kshb.com
