Injuries reported as car crashes on I-670 in KCK

A crash at 1:58 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 2, on westbound I-670, just west of the Central Avenue exit in Kansas City, Kan., resulted in some injuries, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s report.

According to the report, a Mercury Cougar was driving on the outside shoulder of I-670 and failed to maintain the lane. Then the driver overcorrected and went across the westbound lanes, striking the inside concrete bridge rail, the report stated.

The vehicle spun and came to rest facing eastbound in the westbound lanes, the trooper’s report said.

There was a law enforcement pursuit involved with this case, according to the trooper’s report.

The driver of the Cougar, a 19-year-old woman from Kansas City, Mo., was injured, the report stated.

Also injured was a 19-year-old Kansas City, Mo., woman who was a passenger in the car.

Another passenger, a 7-year-old girl from Kansas City, Mo., was not injured, according to the report.

The fourth occupant of the car, a 1-year-old girl from Kansas City, Mo., was listed as not having a safety restraint, according to the report.