KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Eastbound Interstate 670 was shut down at Interstate 70 for nearly three hours after a semi and another vehicle collided.
The Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department responded to I-670 and Genessee Street around 11:28 a.m. Wednesday.
In an update Wednesday evening, KCPD said a black Ford Explorer struck the rear end of a white International semi truck with a dump trailer as both vehicles were traveling east on I-670, per a preliminary crash investigation.
The semi was stopped in the second travel lane due to traffic congestion ahead when the crash occurred.
The drive of the Ford was taken to the hospital with with serious injuries but is in stable condition. A juvenile passenger in the Ford was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The front passenger of the Ford was pronounced dead at the scene and was not wearing a seat belt, per KCPD.
The semi truck driver refused medical treatment following the crash.
All lanes on the highway were reopened at 2:13 p.m., according to a social media post from MoDOT Kansas City.
The crash remains under investigation.
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