Hit-and-run crash reported at I-70 and 18th

A hit-and-run collision was reported at 7:03 a.m. Sunday, April 18, at eastbound I-70 and 18th Street in Kansas City, Kansas, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s crash report.

A Mazda 3 passenger car was eastbound on I-70 when an unknown vehicle merged into its lane and struck the right rear of the Mazda, according to the trooper’s report.

The Mazda drove into the right ditch, the trooper’s report stated. The unknown vehicle fled the scene of the collision, the trooper’s report said.

A description of the unknown vehicle was not available in the crash report.

The driver of the Mazda, a 21-year-old resident of Parkville, Missouri, had a possible injury and was taken to the hospital, the trooper’s report stated.