2 killed in Thursday morning crash on U.S. 36 Highway northeast of Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two people died in a crash involving a pickup truck and a tractor-trailer Thursday morning near Kidder, Missouri.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says that just after 9 a.m. Thursday, the driver of a 2022 Ford F-150 pickup was heading north on Highway J.

At the same time, the driver of a 2011 Freightliner Cascadia tractor-trailer was heading west on U.S. 36 Highway.

As the tractor-trailer approached the intersection of Highway J and 36 Highway, the driver of the Ford failed to stop at the intersection and entered the westbound lanes of the highway.

The driver of the tractor-trailer attempted to slow down and entered a skid before striking the passenger side of the Ford.

The driver of the Ford, an 87-year-old Kidder, Missouri, man, was transported to Cameron Regional Medical Center, where he died from his injuries.

The passenger in the Ford, an 82-year-old woman also from Kidder, was transported to Liberty Hospital, where she died from her injuries.

The driver of the tractor-trailer was transported to the hospital in Cameron for treatment of non life-threatening injuries.

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