KCK driver swerves to avoid deer on turnpike

A Kansas City, Kan., driver swerved to miss a deer and crashed on the Kansas Turnpike June 14.

According to a Kansas Turnpike Authority trooper’s report, the 66-year-old man from Kansas City, Kan., was traveling north on the turnpike near Andover, Kan., in a Ford van at 6:45 a.m. June 14 when he swerved, lost control and went into a ditch.

He was taken to a hospital.