Injury-accident reported on I-70 at 78th

A Mercury Villager van struck the rear of a Ford truck on westbound I-70 near 78th Street about 4:43 p.m. June 9.

The Ford truck had slowed for traffic. According to the Kansas Turnpike Authority trooper’s report, the driver of the van, a 24-year-old Kansas City, Kan., man, was injured and taken to a hospital.

The driver of the Ford truck, a 34-year-old Lawrence, Kan., man, had a possible injury, according to the report.