Kansas City police ID semi driver killed in fiery I-435 wreck; search for pickup continues

Bill Lukitsch
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Kansas City police on Friday identified the semi truck driver killed in a fiery wreck on Interstate 435 as 52-year-old Tony Wyman as authorities continued to search for a pickup truck believed to have contributed to the crash.

Firefighters and police officers were dispatched around 8:45 a.m. Thursday to the crash site in the eastbound lanes of I-435 near Interstate 470 in south Kansas City. They came upon a fully engulfed cab of a semi, driven by Wyman, that had struck a Honda sedan while pulling two trailers.

Wyman was pronounced dead at the scene. The other driver was uninjured, police said.

Investigators determined that a pickup truck had dropped debris from its bed onto the highway. After swerving to avoid a collision, police say Wyman hit the Honda and crashed into a guard rail.

As of Friday afternoon, Kansas City police had yet to locate the pickup truck or its driver, Capt. Corey Carlisle, a department spokesman, said in a statement. Investigators were seeking a better description of the vehicle from witnesses, Carlisle said.

Kansas City police were asking anyone with information to contact traffic investigators at 816-482-8298 or the TIPS Hotline anonymously at 816-474-TIPS.

The Star’s Andrea Klick contributed to this report.