KANSAS CITY—One person died in a four-vehicle crash just after 7:30p.m. Saturday in Kansas City.
A Chevrolet Equinox was eastbound on Interstate 70 at a high rate of speed. As the Chevy approached Manchester, the vehicle struck a Toyota Camry, a Ford Expedition and a Ford F150 that were all traveling eastbound, according to Officer Alayna Gonzalez.
The impact caused the Expedition to go into a broad slide and overturn. The Expedition rolled over the top of the Toyota and down an embankment, ejecting the unrestrained driver and sole occupant out of the Expedition and onto the shoulder of the highway.
The driver of the Expedition was pronounced deceased at the scene.
EMS transported the driver of the Chevy Equinox to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The driver of the Toyota and the driver and front seat passenger of the F150 were all uninjured in the collision.
The driver of the Chevrolet is currently in stable condition and the investigation, to include suspected impairment, is ongoing.
All lanes of eastbound I-70 were closed to traffic at Manchester for approximately three hours. This is fatality #45 compared to #32 at this time last year, according to Gonzalez.