Tire crosses barrier wall, hits car in oncoming I-70 traffic

A tire came off a car being towed on I-70 east of 18th Street on Monday, crossed a barrier wall and hit a windshield and roof of a Nissan Sentra.

A 39-year-old Salina, Kan., woman inside the Nissan was injured and taken to a hospital in Kansas City, Kan., according to a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s report.

The accident happened about 1:24 p.m. Monday, April 21.

The tow truck was eastbound and the Nissan was westbound on I-70, the report stated.

A Chevy pickup was towing a 1994 Lincoln Towncar in the eastbound lanes. The driver of the pickup, a 27-year-old Oak Grove, Mo., man, was not injured, according to the report.