A four-vehicle accident on eastbound I-70, west of the 78th Street exit, at 8:34 a.m. March 28 started with traffic that had slowed to a stop in the right lane.
According to the Kansas Turnpike Authority trooper’s report, four vehicles were eastbound on I-70 when three of them slowed to stop because of traffic. A Chevrolet Blazer then struck a Hyundai car in the rear, and then struck a Jeep Liberty in the rear, pushing it into the back of a BMW 335I-XD, according to the report.
The driver of the Blazer, a 22-year-old woman from Overland Park, Kan., was injured and taken to the hospital, according to the report.
The driver of the Hyundai, a 45-year-old Platte City, Mo., woman, also was injured and taken to a hospital, the report said.
The driver of the Jeep Liberty, a 23-year-old Kansas City, Kan., woman, was injured and taken to the hospital, according to the report.
The driver of the BMW, a 62-year-old Shawnee, Kan., woman, was not injured, the report stated.