Two men in a burning semi were dangling off I-70 about 1:05 a.m. July 23 when they jumped from the cab and landed on I-635, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol accident report.
The accident started when the Freightliner semi hit the guard rail and then smacked a bridge pillar on I-70 near the Park Drive exit in Kansas City, Kansas, according to the trooper’s report. The cause of the accident was unknown.
The driver, a 53-year-old man from Columbia, S.C., and the passenger, a 50-year-old man from Loveland, Colo., were injured and taken to a hospital, the trooper’s report stated.