KANSAS CITY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a multi-vehicle crash that injured a driver just before 12:30p.m. Tuesday in Kansas City.
KCPD officers were in pursuit of a red Toyota Corolla taken in a robbery/carjacking, according to Police Captain Corey Carlisle .
The Toyota traveled down the embankment from the entrance ramp to southbound Interstate 435 from Bannister and into the southbound lanes of Interstate 435.
A black Volvo T6 was traveling in the #2 lane on the interstate and braked to avoid the Toyota.
A Freightliner semi-truck and car carrier rear-ended the Volvo and pushed it west across all lanes of Interstate 435 and into the ditch.
The Freightliner then struck the Toyota. EMS transported the driver of the Volvo to a local hospital in critical condition. The driver of the Freightliner and the occupants of the Toyota were uninjured in the collision. Police released no names or additional details.