Kansas City, Kan., police are investigating a fatal accident about 12:30 a.m. Dec. 19 in the 4900 block of Kansas Avenue.
A man in his late 40s died in the accident.
Police said the preliminary investigation indicated the victim was traveling westbound on Kansas Avenue when he rear-ended a semi. The semi driver remained at the scene of the accident, police said.
For a time, parts of I-635 and Kansas Avenue were closed down while the accident was investigated.
The accident remains under investigation by the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department’s Traffic Support Unit-Critical Collision Response Team.