KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One person suffered life-threatening injuries and another was seriously injured after a car crashed into the back of a dump truck Friday afternoon on U.S. 71 in Kansas City, Missouri.
The wreck happened about 2:20 p.m. Friday on northbound U.S. 71 near 18th Street.
Police said a Kenworth dump truck stopped in a lane of traffic due to traffic congestion.
A Kia Sorento speeding north on the highway drove into the back of the truck, according to a police department news release.
The driver of the Kia suffered serious injuries and a passenger in the vehicle suffered life-threatening injuries, police said.
The dump truck driver was not injured.
The crash and clean up closed the northbound lanes of U.S. 71 Highway for about 2 hours at the wreck site.
