Suspected impaired driver killed, Independence officer injured in crash Friday

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A suspected impaired driver was killed and an Independence police officer injured in a Friday morning crash.

Shortly before 5:00 am,. Independence police were alerted to a possible impaired driver south on I-470 at westbound Interstate 70.

An officer tried to stop the white sedan, but it drove off and a pursuit began.

The suspect drove onto exit the ramp to US 40 Highway, but made a U-turn on the ramp.

The officer stopped pursuing the sedan.

The suspect drove the wrong way up the exit ramp and collided with a second police officer who just arrived at the scene.

The suspected impaired driver died at the scene.

The police officer suffered serious injuries.