KCK woman dies in I-70 accident

A Kansas City, Kansas, woman died in a traffic accident at 11:19 p.m. Monday, Nov. 6, on I-70, according to a Kansas Turnpike Authority trooper’s report.

Patricia Wheeler, 22, of Kansas City, Kansas, was a passenger in a Dodge Neon that left the roadway and struck a bridge pillar on westbound I-70, between the Turner Diagonal and 57th Street exits, according to the trooper’s report.

The driver of the Neon, a 31-year-old Kansas City, Kansas, man, was injured and taken to the hospital, according to the trooper’s report.