KANSAS CITY, MO – A crash on Interstate 29 north of Kansas City left two people injured, including a Shoal Creek police officer.
The Kansas City Star reports the incident occurred near NW Waukomis Drive. Investigators said the police officer was assisting a DUI officer on a traffic stop shortly after midnight, and was sitting in a Dodge Durango parked on the shoulder of the interstate with its emergency lights on.
At that point, the driver of a Kia Forte was traveling north on I-29 at a high rate of speed and struck the back of the police car. The police officer and the Kia driver were both seriously injured and transported to an area hospital.
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