Furniture on highway leads to accident

Two chairs and a couch that fell off a pickup truck on eastbound I-70 west of the Turner Diagonal led to an accident on Friday evening, July 28.

The accident about 7:28 p.m. July 28 happened when an Acura TL driver slammed on the brakes to avoid the furniture and was struck in the rear by a Ford Escape, according to the Kansas Turnpike Authority trooper’s report.

The driver of the Acura, a 24-year-old Kansas City, Kansas, man, had a possible injury, according to the trooper’s report.

The driver of the Escape, a 35-year-old Kansas City, Kansas, woman, was not injured, the trooper’s report stated.

The driver of the pickup truck was unknown, according to the trooper’s report.