Lanes still closed: 1 dead after FedEx truck falls from K-7 onto K-10

Posted: Dec 9, 2020 / 06:05 AM CST

Updated: Dec 9, 2020 / 06:05 AM CST

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LENEXA, Kan. — A person is dead and K-10 Highway is closed both ways Wednesday morning after a truck fell from above and smashed onto the roadway on December 9.

Lanes on westbound K-10 are still closed Wednesday afternoon as crews continue to clean up debris.

Crews are still cleaning up debris from deadly crash in Lenexa, involving a FedEx semi.
SB K-7 to EB K-10 on-ramp is now open.
WB K-10 remains closed. @fox4kc pic.twitter.com/oh6XW16kqm
— Regan Porter Fox4 KC (@ReganPorterTV) December 9, 2020

The semi took out part of the guardrail along K-7 before going off the overpass and flipping onto K-10 highway below. KDOT is working to replace the guardrail now. @fox4kc pic.twitter.com/dAd79ZdPhx
— Regan Porter Fox4 KC (@ReganPorterTV) December 9, 2020

Picture of FedEx truck on fire — Picture of a truck on fire on K-10 courtesy of Joe Adam.

Johnson County MED-ACT confirmed to FOX4 that a truck was traveling along K-7 around 5 a.m. when it flipped off of the overpass onto K-10 below. The truck then burst into flames, filling the area with smoke.

Both east and westbound lanes are closed. Westbound traffic is diverted onto Woodland Avenue. Eastbound traffic is going to K-7.

Crews said the road closure is expected to last until between 11 a.m. and 12 p.m. Responders were taking apart the truck and trying to assess the situation at 7:30 a.m.