Woman dies in crash on I-70 Westbound at Walnut Street

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – A woman has died after being rear-ended by a tractor-trailer on I-70 Westbound and Walnut.

Kansas City police responded to the crash at around 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, February 21. An investigation reveals that a Hyundai with a flat tire was stopped in a lane without its hazard lights activated.

A tractor-trailer traveling in the lane next to the Hyundai merged into the Hyundai’s lane to pass another tractor-trailer and subsequently struck the rear of the stopped Hyundai, causing significant damage.

The driver of the Hyundai was transported to an area hospital where she was pronounced deceased…

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