Kansas City Woman Killed in Accident on I-29

An early morning accident on Interstate 29 near Faucett took the life of a Kansas City, Missouri driver.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the crash occurred just before 1 a.m. this (Sunday) morning, as 53-year old Kim R. Pawling of Kansas City was southbound in the driving lane of northbound I-29, 1 mile north of Faucett. Troopers say a tractor trailer was northbound in the northbound driving lane. As the vehicles met, both attempted to avoid the collision by turning into the passing lane. The freightliner came to rest in the southbound passing lane after the collision. Pawling’s vehicle came to rest in the median.

Pawling was pronounced dead at the scene.