Truck slides off I-70, hits embankment

A Dodge pickup truck trying to avoid a wreck in the roadway, slid off the right side of I-70 and hit an embankment on Wednesday, according to a Kansas Turnpike Authority trooper’s report.

The accident happened at 6:30 a.m. July 1 on westbound I-70 east of U.S. 73-K-7.

The trooper’s report stated that a 47-year-old Kansas City, Kan., man driving the truck was injured and taken to a hospital.