KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A light but persistent snow caused two deaths and
numerous accidents in Kansas City, and caused several school closings in
mid-Missouri.
The Missouri Highway Patrol reported at noon Monday it has responded to 86 crashes, including two deaths and 10 injuries.
The Kansas City Star reports one person died on Interstate 49 at Missouri 291
in Harrisonville and the other died along Missouri 52 in Henry County. Details
of the crashes were not immediately available.
Many schools in central Missouri let students out early Monday and some
colleges canceled evening classes.
The snowfall was moving east Monday afternoon, and the National Weather Service
put the entire St. Louis metro area under a winter weather advisory until 9:00 p.m.
Monday.
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