Winter Weather in Platte, Missouri
Winter Weather April 20, 2021 · Platte, Missouri
What the National Weather Service wrote
An accident along I-635 just north of the Missouri River was fatal for one motorist. Icy roads have not been determined officially as the cause, but with 2 to 4 inches of snow on the roads causing slick conditions that morning it's strongly plausible as a contributor to the accident. A vehicle was travelling south along I-635 and crashed head on into a semi. This took place south of Horizons Parkway along I-635, but north of the Missouri River.
The wider storm
With slick roads causing accidents across the Kansas City Metro one such accident proved fatal, just on the Missouri side of the Missouri River along I-635 near where it intersects with Horizons Parkway. Icy roads have not been determined officially as the cause, but with icy roads that day it's strongly plausible as a contributor to the accident.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 952206. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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