Category: Traffic

An injury-accident was reported at 2:39 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 10, on westbound I-70 near the I-635 exit, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s crash log.

A Chevrolet and a Ford utility truck were westbound on I-70 when the driver of the Chevrolet lost control, crossed into the median and collided with the inside barrier wall, according to the trooper’s report.

The Chevrolet overcorrected and collided with the Ford truck, the report stated. The Ford truck was pushed into the median and collided with the inside barrier wall, according to the report.

The driver of the Chevrolet, a 33-year-old Kansas City, Kansas, woman, had a possible minor injury and was taken to the hospital, according to the trooper’s report.

The driver of the Ford, a 69-year-old Kansas City, Kansas, man, had a possible minor injury and was taken to a hospital, the trooper’s report stated.

A pavement project has begun on eastbound and westbound K-32 from Kaw Drive to 55th Street in Wyandotte County.

Eastbound and westbound traffic on K-32 has been reduced to a single lane. Work will take place from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and possibly Saturdays, according to the Kansas Department of Transportation.

The project includes concrete pavement patching, pavement smoothness grinding, pavement joint sealing and pavement marking on all lanes and shoulders.

Traffic is being controlled using barricades, portable message signs, arrow boards and traffic cones. Message boards alerting motorists are in place.

Miles Excavating of Basehor is the contractor for the $932,000 project, which is scheduled to be completed in mid-December.

A KDOT spokesman urged all motorists to be alert, obey the warning signs when approaching and driving through a highway work zone. Motorists should drive safely and wear their seat belts, the spokesman stated. To stay aware of road construction projects across Kansas, visit www.kandrive.org or call 511.

A pedestrian died Sunday in an accident on eastbound I-70 near the I-635 exit, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s report.

Chris Mcclellan, 42, of Columbus, North Carolina, died in the accident, according to the trooper’s report. Mcclellan was listed as a pedestrian.

The trooper’s crash log stated a Honda Civic was eastbound in the left lane on I-70 around 6:28 p.m. Sunday, and a Ford transit van was stopped on the left shoulder. A BMW was eastbound in the left lane.

The Honda struck the right rear quarter panel and sliding door on the Ford transit van, and the sliding door struck the pedestrian, the trooper’s report stated.

A 2020 BMW then struck the door from the transit van in the left lane, according to the trooper’s report.

The trooper’s report stated the driver of the Honda, a 20-year-old woman from Topeka, had a possible injury and was taken to a hospital.

The driver of the BMW, a 67-year-old man from St. Louis, Missouri, had no apparent injury, the report stated. A passenger in the BMW, a 63-year-old woman from St. Louis, Missouri, also had no apparent injury, according to the report.