KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A semi-trailer truck driver from Colorado pleaded no contest Friday to five counts of vehicular homicide for hitting three vehicles on the Kansas Turnpike in 2017, killing two people from Illinois and three from Kansas.

Kenny Ford, 59, of Greeley, Colorado, entered his plea to the misdemeanor charges with no agreement on his potential sentence, The Kansas City Star reported. He will be sentenced March 20.

On July 17, 2017, Ford failed to notice a traffic backup ahead of him on Interstate 70 near Bonner Springs and hit an SUV driven by Teresa Butler, 61, of Urbana, Illi...