On Friday afternoon, April 8, an elderly man died in a two vehicle crash on the south side of Kansas City.
According to Kansas City police, the accident happened at around 3.30 p.m. when Rodolfo Geaga, aged 89 and of Kansas City was driving a Toyota pickup truck eastbound and was at a stop sign at Summit and Ward Parkway. He then pulled out from the stop sign into the intersection in front of a Jeep travelling southbound and they collided.
He was taken to hospital with serious injuries and passed away on Wednesday afternoon, April 13.
The driver of the Jeep was not hurt.
According to the police, this is the 13th traffic fatality in Kansas City this year compared to 11 at this time in 2015.
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