A Ford passenger car was westbound on I-70 near the Park Drive exit when it went down a steep embankment, then went airborne and went onto I-635, striking another vehicle, before landing on its nose.
A Kansas Turnpike Authority trooper’s report stated that the Ford drove onto the shoulder, and hit snow and ice before losing control. The crash happened at 12:20 p.m. Dec. 29.
After it went into the left ditch, down the embankment, it then went airborne, lofted onto I-635, and struck a Jeep Patriot before the Ford stood vertically on its front end, the report stated.
After that the Ford crossed all lanes of traffic on I-635, coming to rest in the left ditch of I-635, the report said.
The driver of the Ford, a 22-year-old woman from Edwardsville, Kan., was not injured, according to the trooper’s report.
The driver of the Jeep Patriot, a 29-year-old woman, was injured and taken to a hospital, the report stated.
A 6-year-old girl in the Patriot also was injured and taken to the hospital, according to the report.