Wrong-way driver wrecks at I-435 and Woodend

A driver going the wrong way on I-435 southbound at the ramp for Woodend in Edwardsville was injured at 10:35 p.m. Sunday, April 24, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s report.

A 43-year-old Kansas City, Kan., man driving a Chevrolet Venture was going the wrong way on Woodend Road, left the roadway, crossed all lanes of I-435, and ended on the embankment to I-435 southbound, according to the trooper’s report.

The man was injured and taken to a hospital, the report stated. He was not wearing a seat belt.