KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) -Now when you drive through the intersection of Westport Road and Broadway, there is a new safety system installed to help emergency responders and make the area safer. It comes more than three years after a deadly crash there involving a Kansas City fire truck.
On December 15, 2021, Dominic Biscari, a firefighter for the Kansas City Fire Department, was driving Pumper 19. It sped through the intersection of Westport and Broadway with its lights and sirens on and ran a red light.
The fire truck hit the vehicle driven by Jennifer San Nicolas, and Michael Elwood was riding inside. Both died in the crash. Tami Knight was also killed, she was waiting on the sidewalk for her boyfriend to unlock his car…