A 20-year-old Platte City, Missouri, man was killed in an accident with a KDOT plow truck at 1:55 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 1, on southbound I-435, south of Leavenworth Road, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol report.
The trooper’s report stated that Ernesto Lopez of Platte Cit lost his life in the crash.
For an unknown reason, the Chrysler Town and Country driven by Lopez rear-ended the KDOT plow truck at highway speeds or greater, according to the trooper’s report.
The KDOT plow truck had its warning lights activated, the trooper’s report stated.
The driver of the KDOT truck, a 59-year-old Edwardsville, Kansas, man, had a possible minor injury, the trooper’s report stated.