KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Independence Police Department is investigating a fatal crash at eastbound Interstate 70 west of Noland Road.
According to the department, the collision happened shortly after 7 p.m. Sunday.
The department said the driver and only occupant of a Ford van died.
Police said witnesses reported the Ford van lost control, struck a Volkswagen Passat and then struck the Jersey barrier.
The driver — Bryan Figueroa Marquez, 26, of Independence — was pronounced dead at the scene.
No one else was hurt.
The crash remains under investigation.
