A fatal accident was reported at the toll plaza on Interstate 70 in Leavenworth County.
According to reports, a semi struck the westbound entry to the toll plaza at 2:57 a.m. March 29, causing extensive damage and one death from the semi. Another person was critically injured.
A Kansas Turnpike Authority trooper’s report stated that the driver of the semi, Sergiy Angelchev, 30, of Aurora, Colo., died in the accident.
A passenger in the semi, a 25-year-old man from Aurora, Colo., was injured and was taken to the hospital.
The toll booths, about 10 miles west of Bonner Springs, were not occupied at the time.