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Police identify man killed in weekend crash in KCK

By Robert A. Cronkleton
Tommie L. Baker, 44, of Kansas City, Kan., died Sunday in a fatal wreck near 34th Street and State Avenue in Kansas City, Kan. This Google Maps Street View image from the area was taken in April 2017.
Tommie L. Baker, 44, of Kansas City, Kan., died Sunday in a fatal wreck near 34th Street and State Avenue in Kansas City, Kan. This Google Maps Street View image from the area was taken in April 2017. Google Maps

Police on Tuesday identified the man killed in a weekend crash in Kansas City, Kan., as 44-year-old Tommie L. Baker.

Baker, a Kansas City, Kan., resident, died in a crash when the black SUV he was driving collided with a pickup truck about 4 p.m. Sunday at 34th Street and State Avenue.

Baker and a passenger were headed east on State Avenue when Baker attempted to north onto 34th Street. The SUV collided with a westbound tan pickup truck.

Baker died at the scene and his passenger was taken to a hospital and remained in critical condition Tuesday.

The driver of the pickup was taken to the hospital for treatment of minor injuries.

The crash remains under investigation by Kansas City, Kan., Police Department’s Traffic Support Unit/Critical Collision Response Team.

Robert A. Cronkleton: 816-234-4261, @cronkb

This story was originally published January 9, 2018 at 2:09 PM with the headline "Police identify man killed in weekend crash in KCK."

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