Injuries reported after driver swerves to avoid bumper on highway

A driver on Saturday swerved to avoid hitting a bumper on I-635 northbound at Metropolitan, then hit the barrier wall and another vehicle.

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s report, a Chrysler Sebring that was on I-635 hit a Kia Soul after the barrier wall.

The Sebring’s driver, a 60-year-old Kansas City, Kan., woman, was not injured, according to the report.

The driver of the Kia, a 72-year-old Kansas City, Kan., man, was injured and taken to a hospital. A passenger in the Kia, a 61-year-old Kansas City, Kan., woman, also was injured and taken to a hospital.