KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A man driving a stolen pickup truck died Friday after a chase with Missouri Highway Patrol troopers ended when the truck rolled over several times.
The driver, whose name has not been released, was ejected from the pickup truck on southbound Interstate 435 near Gregory Boulevard, according to KCMO police.
He died a short time later at a hospital.
The chase began in Kansas City's East Bottoms and sped onto southbound Interstate 435.
The driver of the Ford F-150 pickup swerved across two lanes of traffic to exit at Gregory Boulevard, police said.
He missed the exit and was hit by another pickup truck.
The truck rolled and both the driver and middle passenger were thrown from the truck, police said.
A tractor trailer ran over the passenger in the stolen truck and was critically injured.
A third person in the stolen truck suffered less serious injuries, police said.
The drivers of the other vehicles in the crash were not injured.
The southbound lanes on I-435 at Gregory were closed for more than an hour Friday afternoon.
The highway was back open Friday night.
No troopers were injured.
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