KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A person retrieving a ladder from Interstate 49 was hit and killed on Thursday morning.
The crash happened sometime before 8 a.m. in the southbound lanes near Blue Ridge Boulevard in Grandview.
Sgt. Bill Lowe with the Missouri State Highway Patrol said someone was trying to retrieve a ladder that was in the roadway when they were hit and killed.
There were three cars involved in the incident and three other people were injured.
Southbound lanes of I-49 were closed for investigation.
