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A Honda Accord eastbound on I-70 went off the wet roadway and hit a bridge pillar on Monday morning, according to a Kansas Turnpike Authority trooper’s report.
The crash at 9:05 a.m. April 18 was east of the I-435 exit on I-70.
According to the trooper’s report, the driver was traveling too fast for the conditions, went off the road to the right, and struck a sign and bridge pillar.
The driver, a 21-year-old man from Bonner Springs, was injured and taken to the hospital, the report stated.
by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC
The home season winds down this week for Kansas City Kansas Community College’s up-and-down softball team.
The Lady Blue Devils will wrap up home Jayhawk Conference play Tuesday, hosting Neosho County at Piper High School at 5 and 7 p.m. and then finish league action with a single game at Highland Thursday at 2 p.m.
The annual Sophomore Day will come Saturday when KCKCC entertains Cottey College at noon and 2 p.m. at Steineger Field adjacent to Turner Middle School. The Blue Devils are also scheduled to be the host of a University of Missouri club team Sunday, also at Steineger Field at noon and 2 p.m.
KCKCC got its final Jayhawk road trip started with an 8-0 win at Coffeyville Friday only to drop the nightcap 7-3 and then lose 10-0 and 9-2 at Labette Saturday. The series left the Blue Devils 21-18 on the season.
Tiffany Killam blasted a KCKCC record 14th home run of the season and Brittany Gustin allowed just two hits while striking out seven in the 8-0, five-inning win at Coffeyville. Killam’s home run came in the fourth inning, a 3-run shot following two walks and a run-scoring single by Mekayla Guerrero, all with two outs. The runs gave KCKCC a 7-0 lead.
The Blue Devils’ first three runs came in the second on a two-out, bases-loaded triple by LaTisha Thomas. Geena Harris ignited the rally with the first of her three hits in the game before a Gustin single and a walk loaded the bases for Thomas’ triple. KCKCC’s final run came in the fifth on a pinch single by Katherine Stringer, a double by Savannah Dungan and a single by Gustin.
A 6-run third inning foiled KCKCC in the 7-3 nightcap loss. Guerrero and Dungan each drove in a run with a double and single and Morgan Oroke doubled in a run for KCKCC. Coffeyville managed just seven hits off Elizabeth Seimears and Killam but five of the seven came in the 6-run outburst.
The Blue Devils were limited to just five singles in each game in the 10-0 and 9-2 losses at Labette. Gustin, who took the pitching loss, had two of KCKCC’s five hits in the 10-0, 5-inning opener while LaTisha Thomas had a pair in the 9-2 nightcap. The Blue Devils only scoring in the doubleheader came in the third inning on two hit batsman, a run-scoring single by Thomas and a Guerrero ground ball. Labette put both games out of reach in a hurry, scoring three runs in th first and second innings of both contests.
Mainly dry conditions are expected through most of Tuesday, then showers and perhaps an isolated storm will become increasingly likely after sunset, according to the National Weather Service forecast.
Precipitation chances still extend through Thursday; however, no strong storms, severe weather, or flooding is expected, the weather service said.
Today, the high will be near 69 with mostly cloudy skies, according to the weather service.
There is a slight chance of showers before 10 p.m. tonight, then an 80 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms between 10 p.m. and 1 a.m., followed by more showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1 a.m., the weather service said.
Wednesday’s forecast is a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, with a high near 67, according to the weather service.
Wednesday night, it will be mostly cloudy with a low of 50, the weather service said.
Thursday’s forecast is a 30 percent chance of rain with a high near 71, the weather service said. Thursday night’s low will be around 50.
Friday, no rain is in the forecast! Skies will be sunny with a high near 72, the weather service said. Friday night’s low will be around 50.
Saturday, the high will be near 77, according to the weather service.