An accident was reported about 2:42 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, at I-70 westbound past the Turner Diagonal and College Parkway exit.
The accident report from the Kansas Turnpike Authority lists three vehicles, including a tractor-trailer, involved in the accident. If you have been in an accident with a tractor-trailer that wasn’t your fault then you might want to talk to a truck accident lawyer in Austin, TX to see if you could get compensation.
According to the trooper’s report, a Dodge Ram truck was westbound on I-70, along with two other westbound vehicles.
The Ram truck changed lanes in front of a Ford F250 truck. The Ford truck then struck the back of the Ram truck, the trooper’s report stated.
The Ford truck lost control and went into another lane, striking a Freightliner tractor-trailer, the report stated.
The Ford truck then went off the roadway and rolled, the report said.
The driver of the Ford truck, a 26-year-old man from Leavenworth, Kan., was injured, the report said. He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the report.
The driver of the tractor-trailer, a 58-year-old man from Kellogg, Iowa, was not injured, the report stated.
The driver of the Ram truck, a 55-year-old man from Brighton, Colo., was not injured, according to the report.