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Date: 
Saturday, December 27, 2014
Five Kansas City people, three under the age of 3, died in a car accident on I-435 Saturday evening. Shante Hopkins, 24, Dominique Johnson, 17, and Hopkins three children 2-year-old Ja Riah, 1-year-old Ja Nijah, and 7-month-old Tay Shawn, died in a car crash when Hopkins' car became disabled on I-435 Saturday. Before they could safely exit the vehicle, a tractor trailer crashed into the car at high speed. 
Date: 
Monday, January 13, 2014

Thomas E. Collins was killed and as many as three others were injured during a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 435 in southern Kansas City overnight.

The pileup occurred about midnight Tuesday along southbound I-435 near Bannister Road.

Witnesses told police that a driver who was speeding and weaving in an out of traffic caused the crash, according to media reports.

All lanes of southbound I-435 were closed for nearly three hours while authorities investigated.

Date: 
Sunday, December 8, 2013

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.

Date: 
Saturday, December 7, 2013
One person was killed in a rollover crash on westbound Interstate 435 at State Line Sunday night. The vehicle rolled down an embankment, causing critical injuries to the victim. Police stated that the victim died at an area hospital. Icy roads may have been a factor, according to authorities. Police are continuing to advise drivers to slow down and use caution after several crashes around the metro over the weekend.