Eastbound traffic on the Kansas Turnpike near the Eastern Terminal toll plaza was blocked for more than an hour following an accident involving two semitrailer trucks about 9:30 p.m. Monday, according to Kansas Turnpike Authority dispatchers. With the driving lanes blocked, authorities routed traffic along the shoulder.

A 33-year-old Kansas City, Mo., man was transported to a Kansas City-area hospital following the accident less than a half-mile west of the toll plaza, in which one semitrailer rear-ended the other, according to dispatchers. No further information was available Monday night.