Truck hits guard rail and rolls over, leaving driver critically hurt on KC highway
.jpg "A pickup truck rolled over on U.S. 71 Highway, injuring one person in Kansas City Wednesday.")
A single-vehicle crash on U.S. 71 Highway in Kansas City left one person hospitalized with critical injuries, police said.
Officers responded just before 12:30 p.m. Wednesday to the area of southbound 71 Highway and Longview Road on a reported crash.
According to a preliminary investigation, the crash happened as a red GMC Sierra pickup truck drove south on 71 Highway, just north of Longview Road.
For an unknown reason, the truck ran off the road to the right and struck a guardrail several times before rolling over. It then slid on the highway before coming to a rest, according to a crash log.
The driver and sole occupant of the truck was critically injured in the crash. Paramedics transported the driver to a hospital.
As of Thursday, the driver was still in critical condition, police said.
At the time of the crash, four lanes of the highway were closed to traffic for around two and a half hours. The highway has since reopened.
An investigation into the crash is ongoing.
