SHAWNEE, Kan. — Kansas troopers say a blown tire caused a car to careen over the side of a bridge in suburban Kansas City, killing a passenger and seriously injuring the driver.
The Kansas State Patrol says the crash happened Thursday afternoon in Shawnee on Interstate 435. Investigators say a northbound car was on an I-435 bridge when its left rear tire blew, sending the car into the bridge’s right guardrail and over the side. The patrol says the car rolled twice and landed in a creek below. A passenger, 43-year-old Gomez Humberto-Perez of Kansas City, Kansas, was killed.
The 24-year-old driver from Overland Park was taken to a hospital with serious injuries.
