Car goes airborne off I-70

A car went airborne on I-70 near 18th Street Expressway on Thursday, hitting a tree and landing upright, according to a Kansas Turnpike Authority trooper’s accident report.

The Nissan Versa was westbound on I-70 about 9:25 p.m. April 3 when the driver took evasive action to avoid another vehicle and lost control, the report stated.

The car slid into the north ditch, hit a rock wall, then went airborne and hit a tree, coming to rest upright, the trooper’s report stated.

The driver of the car, a 20-year-old Lenexa, Kan., woman, was injured and taken to a hospital, according to the report.

A passenger, a 19-year-old woman from Kansas City, Mo., also was injured and taken to a hospital.