Accident on I-70 near 5th Street ramp injures KCK man

An accident was reported at 8:50 a.m. Wednesday on eastbound I-70 just north of the 5th Street exit ramp in Kansas City, Kansas, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s report.

A Toyota Corolla was going about 10 mph when it tried to take the exit ramp to 5th Street in the far right lane, according to the trooper’s report. It was struck by a Dodge Ram truck that was pulling a trailer, the report stated.

The Corolla left the roadway and hit an exit sign, according to the trooper’s report.

The driver of the Corolla, a 46-year-old Kansas City, Kansas, man, was taken to a hospital with a possible serious injury, the report stated.

The driver of the Dodge truck, a 41-year-old man from Hyattsville, Maryland, had no apparent injury, according to the report.