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Driver killed after rolling off I-435 in Kansas City

By Glenn E. Rice

grice@kcstar.com
A vehicle that tumbled from northbound Interstate 435 onto 23rd Street ended up on its roof about 11:45 a.m. Tuesday. The driver later died at a hospital.
A vehicle that tumbled from northbound Interstate 435 onto 23rd Street ended up on its roof about 11:45 a.m. Tuesday. The driver later died at a hospital. Roy Inman Special to The Star

A motorist was killed Tuesday when he lost control of his vehicle on northbound Interstate 435 and landed on 23rd Street in Kansas City, police said.

The name of the driver has not been released. He lost control as he drove through a construction zone and tumbled down an embankment at 23rd Street. The vehicle then crossed two lanes of eastbound traffic on 23rd Street, passed through a pair of bridge pillars and crashed into a westbound dump truck. The vehicle then overturned.

The wreck happened around 11:30 a.m. The driver was taken to a hospital, where he later died.

Northbound I-435 traffic was backed up to Interstate 70.

Glenn E. Rice: 816-234-4341, @GRicekcstar

This story was originally published September 20, 2016 at 2:22 PM with the headline "Driver killed after rolling off I-435 in Kansas City."

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