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Man dies in wrong-way crash in Kansas City, North

A man killed in a Sunday night traffic crash in Kansas City, North, was identified Monday as 32-year-old Brandon M. Didde of Kansas City.

Kansas City police said that Didde was driving a Jeep north in the southbound lanes of Interstate 435 about 11:30 p.m. Sunday when it collided with a box truck and then a tractor-trailer.

The crash occurred just north of the Cookingham Drive exit.

Didde died at the scene. No one else was injured.

Robert A. Cronkleton, bcronkleton@kcstar.com

This story was originally published March 23, 2015 at 7:36 AM with the headline "Man dies in wrong-way crash in Kansas City, North."

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