Injury-accident reported on I-70 near 78th

An injury-accident was reported about 7:40 a.m. Wednesday, April 4, on eastbound I-70 near the 78th Street exit.

According to the Kansas Turnpike Authority trooper’s crash log, a Ford sport utility vehicle slowed for traffic and a Dodge Ram pickup truck struck it from behind.

The driver of the Dodge Ram pickup truck, a 39-year-old man from Overland Park, Kansas, was injured and taken to a hospital, according to the trooper’s report.

The driver of the Ford sport utility vehicle, a 55-year-old Kansas City, Kansas, woman, was not injured, according to the trooper’s report.