Woman killed, infant seriously injured in I-70 wreck near stadiums
A woman was killed and an infant was seriously injured Tuesday night in a crash off Interstate 70, police said.
LaShonda C. Johnson, 38, was driving a Chevrolet sedan eastbound on the exit ramp from the highway when it collided with an Oldsmobile sedan headed south just after 9:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 3900 block of Blue Ridge Cutoff, according to the Kansas City Police Department.
Johnson died at the crash scene. Her 2-month-old son in the vehicle with her was taken to a hospital in critical condition, police said Wednesday morning. The other driver was not injured.
Police said the child was in stable condition by Wednesday afternoon.
This story was originally published April 8, 2020 at 8:42 AM.
Anna Spoerre
The Kansas City Star