KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One person was killed in a two-vehicle, wrong-way crash near the Kansas City International Airport early Tuesday morning.
Kansas City emergency responders were called to assist KCI Airport Police just after 5:30 a.m.
The preliminary investigation revealed that a dark gray Honda Fit was driving the wrong way on International Circle, just south of 1 KC Boulevard, when the driver collided head-on with a dark gray Subaru.
The driver of the Honda was pronounced dead at an area hospital..
The driver and passenger of the Subaru were transported with minor injuries.
This is fatality No. 59, compared to No. 82 at this time last year.
The investigation is ongoing.