KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City, Kan., police released the name of a man killed Monday in a three-vehicle traffic crash.
Mario Alcala-Ortiz, 69, of Kansas City, Kan., died at the scene at 18th Street Expressway and Metropolitan Avenue, police said.
Five other people injured in the crash were taken to hospitals, treated and later released, according to police.
Police said the crash happened about 8 p.m. Monday in the southbound lanes of the expressway.
Alcala-Ortiz's vehicle may have stalled and another driver stopped to help.
A third vehicle hit at least one of the stopped vehicles.
The crash in under investigation.
