TONGANOXIE, KS : 21-year-old man dead, 6 women injured in Tonganoxie I-70 crash on Monday, 4th February 2019

A five-vehicle crash that closed westbound lanes of Interstate 70 on Sunday night killed a 21-year-old man and injured six women, according to a Kansas Turnpike Authority crash report.

The report, which was updated early Monday morning, lists the crash's fatality as 21-year-old Tristan Kuritz, of Lawrence.

Kuritz was driving his Chevy Cruze westbound on I-70 in Tonganoxie about 4:15 p.m. when his car was rear-ended by another vehicle, which caused a chain-reaction crash that eventually involved five vehicles total.

Kuritz's car and two other vehicles had slowed due to traffic, the crash report states.

The passenger in Kuritz's car, a 21-year-old woman, suffered minor injuries.

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