Collision reported after driver’s foot slips onto gas pedal off I-435 ramp

A driver’s foot slipped onto the gas pedal just before a collision at 5:35 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 6, on an I-435 ramp to Holliday Drive, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s report.

A Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s report stated that two vehicles were stopped at a stop sign at the bottom of the ram p to Holliday Drive off northbound I-435 when the collision occurred.

The driver of the GMC Sierra 1500, a 39-year-old Shawnee, Kansas, man, rear-ended a Honda Civic driven by a 55-year-old Shawnee, Kansas, woman.

The driver of the GMC Sierra was not injured in the collision, however, the driver of the Honda Civic had a possible injury and was taken to a hospital, according to the trooper’s report.