A crash on northbound I-35 near Southwest Boulevard at 5:26 p.m. Dec. 31 occurred when a driver had a medical episode, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s report.
The driver died from a condition not related to the accident, the report stated.
The driver, a 76-year-old man from Roeland Park, Kan., had a medical episode and the passenger, a 69-year-old woman from Roeland Park, took control of the vehicle.
The vehicle then went into the ditch, according to the trooper’s report.
The passenger was not injured.