Kansas City-area crashes, ice-covered roads in metro

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Icy roads across the Kansas City metro are causing slippery roads and highways.

It’s important to drive carefully if you must drive somewhere.

FOX4 Forecast: Freezing drizzle/mist creating slick spots

Here are some of the major crashes across the Kansas City metro and roadways to avoid as of 11 a.m. Friday:

  • Vehicle fire on I-70 eastbound at Little Blue Parkway, right shoulder (Cleared)

  • Crash on northbound I-35 past 69 Highway; right lane closed (Cleared)

  • Two-vehicle crash on northbound I-35 at Lone Elm Road; two left lanes closed (Cleared)

  • Crash on northbound I-35 at Parvin Road (Cleared)

  • Westbound I-70 closed past Exit 45 (Cleared)

  • Crash on westbound I-435 at Stateline Road (Cleared)

  • Two-vehicle crash on southbound 71 Highway at Emanuel Cleaver Boulevard (Cleared)

  • Two-vehicle crash westbound I-70 past Broadway Boulevard; right lane closed (Cleared)

  • Two-vehicle crash on northbound I-49 before Red Bridge Road (Cleared)

  • Two-vehicle crash on northbound I-35 past 151st Street (Cleared)

  • Two-vehicle crash on southbound I-635 at 38th Street (Cleared)

  • Crash on northbound I-635 at Parallel Parkway (Cleared)

  • Crash on westbound I-670 before 13th Street in Downtown Kansas City (Cleared)

  • Crash on westbound I-70 closed at Paseo Boulevard (Cleared)

  • Two-vehicle crash on westbound I-70 at 23rd Street; two left lanes closed (Cleared)

  • Two-vehicle crash on eastbound I-70 at 23rd Street; two left lanes closed (Cleared)

  • Two-vehicle crash on 71 Highway at 29th Street (Cleared)

  • Two-vehicle crash on southbound 9 Highway past Briarcliff Parkway (Cleared)

  • Two-vehicle crash on northbound I-35 before I-435; left lane closed (Cleared)

You can keep up with live traffic conditions using the map below:

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