A tragic weekend in Northwest Missouri after a string of unusual traffic accidents.

A Grandview man, his 13-year-old son and another 13-year-old boy were killed Saturday afternoon when a tire blew out on their SUV on I-29 near US-169 in north Kansas City.   The accident Saturday afternoon claimed the life of Lanall Fisher, 40 of Grandview, his son Romell Fisher, and Ronzell Johnson junior were killed in the rollover wreck.  Witnesses say they were caravaning home after a baseball game.

Two people were hurt, one of them seriously, after a one car wreck south of Chillicothe early this morning.  Authorities are still trying to identify the driver.  Three passengers were hurt when a Chevy left county Road 426, crashed through a fence, went airborne, hit a tree and dropped into a ravine. The Missouri State Highway Patrol report says 20-year-old Tyler Jeschke is in serious condition, and 17-year-old Kyle Wilkison suffered moderate injuries.  Both Chilllicothe me were taken to the Hedrick Medical Center.

A suspect fleeing from authorities in Gentry County was injured after his vehicle crashed south of Stanberry. According to an online report, Mitchell Schnitker was being pursued by an officer shortly after 1:30 a.m. Sunday when his pickup truck rolled over a spike strip at Route-M and US-169 highway.  The truck hit an embankment and careened into a ditch.  Schnitker was not wearing a safety belt.  The 21-year-old Union Star man was taken by the officer to St Francis Hospital in Maryville.  He was treated and released.  He was then held briefly in the Nodaway County Jail before being released on Sunday.

A 48-year-old King City man is dead after an early morning wreck Saturday on Missouri Route 31.  The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports an SUV driven by Kevin Aborn left the highway and went airborne, landing on the passenger side and rolling over.  Aborn was not wearing a safety belt.  He was  pronounced dead at the scene ten miles south of King City.