Tuesday, January 19, 2010

CSW BREAKING: Crash On I-435 Near Raytown Road in KC-MO



At 9:23 am- KC-MO emergency crews responded to a reported crash involving a semi truck on I-435 south of Raytown Road and ititial reports was that another "car is underneath" the semi.



Arriving units at 9:28 am report this is "a camping trailer with a car being towed behind it"- but there is "one person trapped" in the wreckage- condition yet unknown.

The extrication on the one trapped person was completed by 9:33 am..

Two inside lanes of southbound I-435 south of I-70 are blocked- as you can see by these KC SCOUT images- traffic both directions is being slowed considerably.

MAST-EMS reports one person died in the crash.

MAST also transported one person- "a 70-year-old male with head pain" to a local medical trauma center.

Reports from the scene indicate the overturned vehicle was "a fifth-wheel" recreational trailer.
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