A suspected impaired driver was killed and an Independence officer was injured in Friday’s crash

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

Shortly before 5 a.m. Independence Police were alerted to a possible impaired driver traveling south on Interstate 470 and westbound on Interstate 70.

The officer tried to stop the white sedan, but it drove away and the officer initiated a pursuit.

The suspect drove onto the U.S. 40 exit ramp 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 had just arrived on the scene.

The suspected drunk driver died at the scene.

The policeman suffered serious injuries.

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