A Kansas City, Kansas, man died in a traffic accident Thursday afternoon on I-435 south of Midland Drive in Johnson County.
According to the Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s report, a Mitsubishi was northbound on I-435 when its left rear tire blew out, around 3 p.m. Thursday.
The vehicle was unable to correct its direction and struck the right guardrail, according to the report. The vehicle then went over a bridge and rolled twice, landing in a creek, the trooper’s report stated.
The Mitsubishi was pulling a wood chipper trailer.
A passenger in the Mitsubishi, Gomez Humberto-Perez, 43, of Kansas City, Kansas, died in the accident, according to the trooper’s report.
The driver of the vehicle, a 24-year-old man from Overland Park, Kansas, was injured and was taken to a hospital, the report stated.