KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A blown left rear tire led to a fatal truck crash Thursday afternoon on Interstate 435 just south of Midland Drive in Shawnee, Kansas.
The Kansas Highway Patrol Online Crash Log states the crash happened at 3 p.m. as the truck, pulling a trailer loaded with a wood chipper, traveled north on the highway.
The truck hit a guardrail, went over a bridge and rolled twice into a creek below.
Gomez Humberto-Perez, 43, of Kansas City, Kansas, died in the crash.
Humberto-Perez was the only passenger in the truck, according to the crash log.
He was wearing a seat belt.
The driver of the truck, Josue Lorenzo-Ratliff, 24, of Overland Park, Kansas, suffered a possible serious injury, the crash log states.
No other vehicles were involved in the crash.
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