A Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s report stated that the driver of a Chevrolet car that hit a KDOT vehicle from behind was injured and taken to a hospital today. The 22-year-old woman was from Kansas City, Mo.
The KDOT vehicle was in the left lane of I-435 near Wolcott Drive doing road work, according to the trooper’s report.
The Kansas Department of Transportation today said that the KDOT dump truck was struck and damaged in a wreck on southbound I-435 near Wolcott Drive in a work zone.
The KDOT driver in the attenuator was shook up by the impact but is OK, a KDOT spokesman said.
At approximately 9:30 a.m. today, a KDOT dump truck complete with crash attenuator (yellow-black stripes) and arrow board was struck and damaged by a passenger vehicle in a maintenance project work zone on southbound I-435 near Wolcott Road in Wyandotte County, the KDOT spokesman said.
The southbound I-435 left lane near Wolcott Road was closed as crews remove the damaged vehicle and attenuator and clean up debris from the roadway.
Pothole pavement repair project work will be suspended for the remainder of today, the spokesman said.
The KDOT spokesman asked drivers to slow down when going through a work zone, obey the signs and pay attention.
In 2015 in Kansas, four people were killed and 480 people injured in work zone crashes, the spokesman said. Driver-related circumstances were a factor in 72 percent in these crashes including following too closely, inattention, too fast for conditions, right-of-way violation and improper lane change.