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Four firefighters and a Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper responding to an accident were injured when a another vehicle cross the median on Interstate 70 Saturday afternoon.
According to a spokesperson with the Missouri Highway Patrol, the vehicle was headed eastbound on Interstate 70 going too fast for the road conditions when it ran off the highway, over the median cable and into the emergency crews. The accident happened near mile marker 77 in Saline County, near Marshall.
Icy roads may be to blame for a fatal accident in the Northland on Saturday.
It happened on Highway 152 near North Indiana Ave., just before 4 p.m.
Kansas City Police say one person died after their vehicle went off the overpass.
The other person in the car sustained injuries, but the extent of those injuries are unknown.
A pedestrian was struck by a semi Tuesday morning on 291 Highway in Independence.
It happened around 6 a.m. between Salisbury and Independence Avenue.
Police state that the pedestrian died.
The southbound lanes of the highway were closed for several hours, but have reopened.
A fatal crash involving a semi and a car has closed the eastbound lanes of Interstate 435 at N. Congress.
It happened just before 11 a.m. Monday. The driver of the car was killed in the crash.
No other injuries were reported.
Traffic is being diverted to Interstate 29.
One person is dead and two others injured following a two-car crash.
Police say the driver, 38-year-old Leroy Walters, was killed in the crash at 12th and Hardesty in Kansas City, Mo. The passenger in Walter’s car sustained live threatening injuries. That passenger was taken to an area hospital for treatment.
The driver of the second vehicle sustained minor injuries, but refused treatment at the scene.
Police say neither Walters nor his passenger were wearing seat belts.
One person in a pick up truck has sustained minor injuries after a train and car collided in KCK.
The incident occurred near Kansas Highway 32 and Swartz Road.