UPDATE, Nov. 16 | Grandview police provided an update Sunday that the driver who was ejected from the overturned vehicle succumbed to his injuries.
He was identified as Sean Fields, 34, of Kansas City, Missouri.
ORIGINAL STORY | A man was seriously injured in a high-speed crash Friday on northbound Interstate 49 in Grandview.
Grandview police say shortly after 11 a.m., a white Lexus was traveling at a high rate of speed when the driver encountered slower traffic near the Main Street exit.
The driver suddenly changed lanes and struck an SUV.
Police said the driver of the Lexus left the roadway and overturned.
The driver was unrestrained and was thrown from the vehicle.
He was transported to an area hospital in serious condition.
Two lanes of NB I-49, along with the east frontage road on-ramp from Main Street to northbound I-49, were closed.
The interstate and frontage road were back open early Friday afternoon.
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