** At Least 5 Hurt In Head-On Interstate Crashes ***** The crashes were on southbound I-435 in KC- and eastbound I-70 near M-291. Two patients.
>>The I-435 crash came after police were looking for a reported white Chevy Suburban going northbound in the southbound lanes near Stadium Drive around 2:10 am.
Five minutes later an officer found the Suburban had been involved in a head-on crash with another vehicle just north of I-70. The 27-year-old male driver and 22-year-old male passenger of the Suburban reportedly had non life-threatening injuries.
No word on the other driver.
>>The I-70 crash came around 2:40am and reportedly involved 2 semi-trucks and at least 2 other vehicles. AMR-EMS said it was "a head-on" crash- they transported a 31-year-old woman to a nearby trauma center in serious condition.
Two others suffered reportedly non life-threatening injuries..
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<><><> OVERNIGHT WEATHER <><><>
Temperatures rose overnight- and were in the lower 50's from the southern KC Metro southward.
Partly cloudy to cloudy skies prevailed- with winds gusty from the south early in the morning but subsiding somewhat toward dawn.
Partly cloudy to cloudy skies prevailed- with winds gusty from the south early in the morning but subsiding somewhat toward dawn.
A warm day across the MetroRegion today- with temperatures ranging in the 40's in still-snowcovered areas to near 60 in the south.
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