Jun 11, 2025

Back seat passenger dies days after 2-vehicle Kansas City crash

Posted Jun 11, 2025 9:00 AM

KANSAS CITY—Law enforcement investigating a crash that occurred just after 11:45p.m.  June 1, reported a passenger identified as 67-year-old Cecil Henderson died Monday, according to the Jackson County Medical Examiner.

Henderson was the rear seat passenger in a Nissan that was eastbound on MLK Boulevard in Kansas City when it was involved in a collision with a northbound Cadillac. 

Preliminary investigation revealed that the driver of the Nissan failed to stop for a red traffic light at Prospect. EMS transported Henderson to a local hospital for treatment where he remained until his death, according to Becchina.