Fiery crash snarls traffic on I-70 in Blue Springs Wednesday afternoon

WE’LL TAKE YOU INSIDE THE COUNTY’S LARGEST CLINIC TO DATE, COMING UP. >> WE BEGIN WITH A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AND IF YOU SPENT TIME SITTING IN I-70 TRAFFIC THIS AFTERNOON, YOU KNOW WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT. WE’VE BEEN FOLLOWING THAT BAD WRECK ON EASTBOUND 70 NEAR WOODS CHAPEL ROAD IN BLUE SPRINGS. A VAN HIT THE BACK OF A CAR, THEN CAUGHT FIRE, AND THE BACK-UP WAS A BIG ONE. JOHNNY ROWLANDS IN NEWS CHOPPER 9 HAS BEEN TRACKING THE BACK-UP, WHICH WAS A HALF-HOUR LONG AT ONE POINT. THAT’S NEW VIDEO ON THE LEFT AS FIREFIGHTERS WENT TO WORK PUTTING OUT THE FLAMES. WE KNOW ONE PERSON WAS TAKEN TO

Fiery crash snarls traffic on I-70 in Blue Springs Wednesday afternoon

Updated: 6:46 PM CDT Mar 24, 2021

One person was taken to a hospital after a fiery crash on eastbound Interstate 70 near Woods Chapel Road on Wednesday afternoon.Authorities said a van rear-ended the back of a sedan.Fire crews put out the flames.State troopers are investigating the crash.

BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. —

One person was taken to a hospital after a fiery crash on eastbound Interstate 70 near Woods Chapel Road on Wednesday afternoon.

Authorities said a van rear-ended the back of a sedan.

Fire crews put out the flames.

State troopers are investigating the crash.