A fiery crash involving a semitruck injured four people, two critically, late Tuesday near downtown Kansas City, a police spokesman said.
Officers responded to the crash shortly before 11:50 p.m. Tuesday along U.S. 71/Bruce R. Watkins Drive near where it crosses over East 19th Street, said Sgt. Phil DiMartino of the Kansas City Police Department.
A preliminary investigation found that a silver Mercedes S55 was headed north on U.S. 71/Bruce R. Watkins Drive at high speeds when it slammed into the rear of a purple Freightliner semitruck, without a trailer, that was headed north in the second lane from the right, DiMartino said…