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JACKSON COUNTY, MO – The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported details of a fatal pedestrian accident that occurred late Saturday night in Jackson County.   According to the MSHP’s crash log, the incident happened on Interstate 70 eastbound just west of Adams Dairy Parkway in Blue Springs at about 11:06 p.m..   State troopers said …

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KANSAS CITY, MO – Two drivers were injured, one critically, when their vehicles collided Monday night at a Kansas City intersection.   According to KCTV, the crash happened in the area of NW Barry Road and N Platte Purchase Drive.   Kansas City police said the driver of a Volkswagen Passat was speeding while heading …

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KANSAS CITY, MO – A driver died following a single-vehicle accident on Monday night, according to Kansas City police.   WDAF reports the incident occurred on Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard near Brush Creek at about 8:45 p.m.   An investigation indicated that the motorist was traveling south at a high rate of speed when the …

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KANSAS CITY, MO – Police in Kansas City, Missouri reported a fatal single-vehicle accident on US Highway 71 early Saturday morning.   According to KCTV, the crash involved a driver going in the wrong direction shortly after 4 a.m.  Investigators said the driver of a Nissan Sentra was going south in the highway’s northbound lanes …

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JOHNSON COUNTY, MO – A driver was arrested following a multi-vehicle accident in Johnson County that left seven people injured, KSIS Radio reported.   The crash occurred Dec. 10 on Highway 50 just west of Route P.  The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the driver of a 2014 Ford Fusion was headed west in the …

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KANSAS CITY, MO – A multi-vehicle pileup in Kansas City on Tuesday afternoon left one of the drivers critically injured, KSHB reported.   The incident happened on Interstate 70 in the area of Van Brunt Boulevard.  An investigation indicated that the driver of a Kia Forte was headed east at about 4:40 p.m. and stopped …

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INDEPENDENCE, MO – Investigators are trying to determine the cause of a car accident in Independence that left a driver dead early Monday morning.   According to a KSHB report, the incident happened on West 23rd Street South east of South Crysler Avenue at about 12:20 a.m.   Police said a man was driving a …

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KANSAS CITY, MO – Police in Kansas City are investigating a fatal hit-and-run accident involving a stolen vehicle, the Kansas City Star reports.   The incident occurred Monday evening in the Santa Fe neighborhood, in the vicinity of Agnes Avenue and East 31st Street.   Police arrived on the scene after the wreck occurred just …

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KANSAS CITY, MO – Ten people were hospitalized, including five children, following an accident in Kansas City on Friday night.   According to a KMBC report, two vehicles crashed head-on at Hickman Mills Drive and 81st Street at about 10:20 p.m.   Investigators learned that the driver a Chevrolet Malibu was going south on Prospect …

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CLAYCOMO, MO – Five people were injured when their vehicle was involved in an accident in Clay County on Friday morning, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.   The MSHP’s crash report said the incident occurred along Interstate 435 northbound at mile marker 54.6.   State troopers said the 20-year-old driver of a 2005 …

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