KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A truck driver from Tennessee died in a crossover crash Thursday morning on Interstate 35 in Franklin County, Kansas.
The Kansas Highway Patrol says the driver of a 2023 Freightliner was traveling north on I-35 near Sand Creek Road when the driver drifted from the roadway into the grassy median.
The semi continued into the southbound lanes of I-35.
The driver of a second semi who was driving south on I-35 attempted to avoid the oncoming semi but was unable to avoid a collision.
The driver of the first semi, identified as 29-year-old Zachary Williams of Liberty, Tennessee, died from injuries in the crash.
The driver of the second semi, a 52-year-old Albuquerque, New Mexico, man, was transported to a Kansas City-area hospital with serious injuries.
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