KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Independence Police Department is investigating after one person died on Friday night in a head-on crash on U.S. 24.
According to police, a driver was heading west in a white Ford Explorer when it crossed a center line on the highway and hit a maroon Subaru head-on.
After hitting the Subaru, the driver of the Explorer continued west in the eastbound lanes and hit a Chrysler minivan before overturning and landing on its left side.
The driver of the Explorer, identified as 18-year-old Eduardo Ortiz of Kansas City, Missouri, died on the scene. A passenger in the vehicle was transported to an area hospital.
Everyone in the Subaru suffered minor injuries and they were treated at the scene.
The driver in the Chrysler minivan was transported to an area hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.
