On Friday morning, May 13 a tractor trailer overturned on the 1 435 leaving one person injured.

According to police the accident happened around 9.45 a.m. when the tractor-trailer overturned in the northbound lanes of I-435 just south of Raytown Road. The accident involved three vehicles in total and lead to the tractor trailer spilling gravel across the highway. It is thought, according to witnesses that two black cars were possibly racing and weaving in and out of the traffic and they may have caused the accident.

Police shut down the eastbound I-70 ramp to southbound I-435 for a period of time while the fire department and as MoDOT crews assisted in clearing the scene.

The driver of the truck was taken to a hospital to be checked out but according to Police he was alert and walked to the ambulance so he is not thought to be seriously injured.

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