UPDATE, 3:50 p.m. | The Kansas Highway Patrol has identified the victim in the crash as Kong Yang, 59, of Kansas City, Kansas.
Troopers say Kong was the sole occupant in a 2014 Honda Odyssey minivan when he drifted off the southbound lanes of I-435 and struck a bridge pillar.
ORIGINAL REPORT | A deadly crash Friday on southbound Interstate 435 at 95th Street in Lenexa is leading to delays for morning commuters.
First responders were called around 6:40 a.m. to the crash in the southbound lanes of the interstate.
A Johnson County MED-ACT spokesperson said one vehicle crashed into the bridge pillar. The driver of the vehicle was pronounced deceased at the scene.
As of 8 a.m., the far left lane of SB I-435 was blocked from underneath the 95th Street bridge. KC Scout showed traffic backed up all the way north to Shawnee Mission Parkway.
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