A Dodge Ram pickup truck was taking the exit ramp from eastbound I-70 to southbound Turner Diagonal, about milepost 415.6, at 7:50 p.m. Jan. 2 when it drove off the edge of the curve, according to a Kansas Turnpike Authority trooper’s report.
The truck then slid down the embankment, struck the ditch, then struck a tree and overturned, the trooper’s report stated. It came to rest on its roof, the report said.
The driver of the truck, a 73-year-old man from Kansas City, Kan., was injured and taken to a hospital, according to the trooper’s report. He was not wearing a seat belt, the report said.