Driver swerves to avoid mattress on I-70

A 24-year-old Kansas City, Kan., woman was westbound on I-70 near Park Drive in a Volkswagen about 2 p.m. Sunday, June 7, when she saw a mattress in the road.

The woman swerved to avoid the mattress, and then hit the guardrail and went into a bridge barrier, according to a Kansas Turnpike Authority trooper’s report.

She was injured and taken to a hospital, according to the trooper’s report. The report stated she was not wearing a seat belt.