Driver falls asleep, crashes on I-435

An injury was reported when a driver fell asleep at 10:14 a.m. June 21 on northbound I-435 in Edwardsville, Kansas, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.

Two vehicles, a Dodge Charger and a Toyota Sienna, were northbound on I-435 when the Charger driver fell asleep, according to a trooper’s crash report. The Charger hit the rear of the Sienna, the report stated.

The driver of the Charger, a 23-year-old Kansas City, Kansas, man, was not injured, the report stated.

The driver of the Sienna, a 39-year-old woman from Overland Park, Kansas, was injured and taken to a hospital, the report stated.

A 60-year-old Overland Park, Kansas, woman and a 12-year-old Overland Park, Kansas, girl riding in the Sienna were not injured, according to the report.