Driver of Jeep injured after rollover accident, fire

A motorist was injured after a rollover and fire at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 11 on I-635 northbound near 34th Street in Kansas City, Kan.

The driver of a Jeep Wrangler, a 38-year-old woman from North Kansas City, Mo., was injured and taken to a hospital after the accident, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s report.

The woman was traveling northbound on I-635 at a high rate of speed when she lost control and struck the inside concrete barrier wall, the trooper’s report stated. She then entered another lane and struck a Kenworth truck pulling a trailer.

The Jeep then rolled onto its top, catching fire, according to the trooper’s report.

The driver of the truck, a 51-year-old man from Duluth, Minn., was not injured, according to the report.