Lee’s Summit police investigate vehicle fatality

A Lake Lotawana man died after his pickup truck struck a concrete traffic signal base Friday morning in Lee’s Summit, police said.

Kenneth D. Bias, 74, was driving north on Southwest Oldham Parkway, approaching Third Street, when his 2013 Toyota Tacoma veered into oncoming traffic and struck the traffic signal about 9 a.m.

Wreck debris hit a school bus waiting in traffic nearby. No students were on board.

Bias was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

Glenn E. Rice, grice@kcstar.com

This story was originally published November 7, 2014 at 10:59 AM with the headline "Lee’s Summit police investigate vehicle fatality."