Saturday crash on I-435 in south Kansas City kills 1, injures 3 including minors
A person is dead and three, including two children, were seriously injured after a rollover crash on Interstate 435 in south Kansas City on Saturday afternoon, police say.
The crash, which closed the interstate for three hours, occurred around 3:55 p.m. Saturday at I-435 north of Eastwood Trafficway west of Raytown, according to a police report shared by Alayna Gonzalez, spokesperson for the Kansas City Police Department.
A black Chevrolet Suburban was driving northbound on I-435 at “at a high rate of speed,” according to the report. Inside were the driver, a passenger in the front seat and two juveniles in the back seats, police wrote.
For unknown reasons, the SUV drove off the interstate onto grass north of Eastwood Trafficway, police said. The vehicle slid and rolled over multiple times.
The front seat passenger was ejected from the SUV and died on the scene, according to the KCPD.
The driver was taken to a hospital with critical injuries and, about four hours later, was in serious but stable condition, the report stated. The two juveniles received serious injuries and were at a hospital in stable condition four hours later, according to police.
Northbound I-435 was closed for more than three hours, according to police.
The name of the victim has not been released.
