KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A pickup truck driver speeding north on the exit ramp from U.S. 71 Highway to Meyer Boulevard Monday hit two vehicles stopped at a red light, killing two women in one of the vehicles, police said.
Kansas City, Missouri, police released the names of the two victims on Thursday.
The driver of a silver Subaru Forester killed in the high-speed crash was identified as Opia L. Muntagim, 46, and the front seat passenger who also died in the crash was identified as Teri L. Glass, 54.
The crash happened just after 12:30 p.m. when the black Ford F-150 pickup truck sped north on the highway exit ramp, sideswiped a silver Ford Escape, and slammed into the rear of a silver Subaru Forrester.
Police said the pickup truck pushed the Subaru north across the eastbound lanes of Meyer Boulevard, through the center median, and over a concrete wall.
As the Subaru was being pushed over the wall, it overturned and landed in the westbound lanes of Meyer Boulevard.
The pickup's front end came off the Subaru and rotated across the westbound lanes of Meyer. The truck then hit a gray GMC Sierra going west on Meyer Boulevard.
The pickup truck driver suffered life-threatening injuries and remains in a hospital.
Police said the drivers of the Ford Escape and GMC Sierra suffered non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
These were the 12th and 13th traffic deaths of the year in Kansas City, Missouri.
There were nine traffic deaths in KCMO at this time last year.
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