UPDATE 2:28 p.m. : Westbound I-70 has been reopened near 222nd Street after the crash.
Officials asked drivers to avoid westbound I-70 near 222nd Street due to a fatal crash just after 9:15 a.m. on Thursday.
AVOID AREA: WB I-70 SHUT DOWN near 222nd St due to fatal crash. No estimate on when it will reopen. #KCTraffic pic.twitter.com/ilqX3ytRN5
— Jade DeGood (@JadeDeGood) January 26, 2017
Traffic stuck on the interstate was detoured to northbound Leavenworth County Road 1 to WB US-24/40 to Lawrence.
WB I-70 traffic is being detoured onto NB Tonganoxie County Rd 1 to WB US-24/40 to Lawrence. #KCTraffic pic.twitter.com/etuXsQS7JH
— Jade DeGood (@JadeDeGood) January 26, 2017
According to police, three men were traveling west on I-70 in a Chevrolet Silverado before they struck a semi truck and slammed into the median. No one inside the Chevy was wearing a seatbelt and they were all ejected out of the passenger door.
All three were taken to the hospital. One male passenger was pronounced dead at the hospital.
The person who was killed in the crash has been identified as Campos-Ramirez Santiago, 19, of Topeka.
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