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Kansas patrol: Tire blowout sent car over side of bridge

Published August 20, 2021 9:47 AM

SHAWNEE, Kan. (AP) — 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.

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