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Minor injuries in multi-vehicle wreck on I-435 in Kansas City Friday

Officials were inspecting a part of Interstate 435 after an expansion joint “popped out” Friday, June 7, 2019 resulting in a multi-vehicle wreck, a tweet from the Missouri Department of Transportation said.
Officials were inspecting a part of Interstate 435 after an expansion joint “popped out” Friday, June 7, 2019 resulting in a multi-vehicle wreck, a tweet from the Missouri Department of Transportation said. Kansas City Scout

All injuries were minor in a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 435 near 103rd street Friday afternoon, dispatchers say.

It’s unclear yet the number of cars involved in a multi-vehicle wreck that occurred around 5 p.m. Friday after an expansion joint popped out on I-435 westbound.

Kansas City Police received multiple calls on the incident including one where the caller said a middle rod had come “unlodged and was protruding into the highways.”

The Missouri Department of Transportation tweeted about the incident Friday afternoon.

Four lanes of the highway closed Friday night as inspectors worked at the scene. It had reopened by Saturday morning according to the Missouri Department of Transportation website.

This story was originally published June 8, 2019 at 9:15 AM.

Katie Bernard
The Kansas City Star
Katie Bernard covered Kansas politics and government for the Kansas City Star from 20219-2024. Katie was part of the team that won the Headliner award for political coverage in 2023.
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