PLATTE COUNTY, MO – A woman was killed when her SUV was hit by a box truck in Platte County Monday night, according to WDAF.
The crash took place on Interstate 435 near Missouri 152 shortly after 6:30 p.m. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the driver of a 2022 Ford Explorer was heading south on I-435 and collided with a deer.
The accident left the Explorer disabled and blocking the roadway, where it was then hit by a 2015 Isuzu box truck driven by a 28-year-old man. The Explorer driver, 56-year-old Deborah Yelverton of Kansas City, Kansas, was pronounced dead after being rushed by ambulance to North Kansas City Hospital.
No other injuries were reported in the crash.
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