By Associated Press - Monday, February 17, 2020

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - Authorities have released the name of a man who was killed when his sport utility vehicle ran into the back of a semitrailer on Interstate 70 in northeast Kansas.

The crash occurred around 5:30 a.m. Saturday in Wyandotte County. The man’s been identified as Christopher Deason, 59, who lived in Kansas City, Kansas.

The Kansas Highway Patrol said the SUV rear-ended the disabled semitrailer. The crash shut down a portion of the interstate Saturday morning.



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