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East Kansas City highways open after police incident forced closure

A police incident that closed off traffic at Interstate 435 and U.S. 40 Tuesday morning has been resolved.

Kansas City police shut down traffic in all directions for a short time before saying that all lanes were back open just before 11 a.m. Tuesday.

Details of the incident that prompted the shut-down have not been released.

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

This story was originally published November 28, 2017 at 11:05 AM with the headline "East Kansas City highways open after police incident forced closure."

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