KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An 18-year-old from Kansas City, Kansas, died in a July 3 car crash on Missouri Highway 45 in Platte County, Missouri.
The crash happened at about 3:50 p.m. on Missouri 45 Highway north of Kisker Road, according to a news release from the Platte County Sheriff's Department.
A 2018 Kia Rio driven by Emmelie Rodriguez was going north on 45 Highway when it collided nearly head-on with a 2024 BMW 230i going south on 45 Highway, the news release states.
Rodriguez died at the scene.
The 79-year-old Topeka man driving the BMW and the 69-year-old woman who was a passenger in the car both suffered serious, but not life-threatening, injuries, according to the news release.
The cause of the fatal accident is under investigation.
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