KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A pickup truck driver died Christmas Day after he ran a red light, crashed into a car and two poles.
Police said the 60-year-old driver of a Ford F-150 pickup truck was traveling south on Blue Ridge Boulevard when he ran the red light at East 99th Street.
The pickup collided with a Nissan Altima with a man and his 7-year-old daughter in the car.
The driver of the Nissan and the child suffered minor injuries.
The force of the collision sent the pickup truck into a wooden pole and metal pole at the intersection, police said.
He died at the scene.
On Tuesday, police identified him as Jesse R. Jones of Grandview.
