Accidents reported on I-70 west of Lecompton; At least one person taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital
A 43-year-old Lawrence woman was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital Thursday morning after a rollover accident on westbound Interstate 70 between Lawrence and Topeka, according to the Kansas Turnpike Authority.
The crash happened at 6:30 a.m. about seven miles west of the Lecompton interchange. Annette Renee Kenoly lost control of her 2005 Toyota sport-utility vehicle, and the SUV left the westbound lanes of the interstate before it rolled over.
As rain, freezing rain and snow moved into the area Thursday morning, a second crash was reported on the turnpike about 10:30 a.m. approximately one mile west of the Lecompton interchange.
Jayashree Challa, 50, of Topeka, was injured when she lost control over her 2010 Lexus and struck the embankment while traveling in the westbound lanes, according to the turnpike authority. Information about if Challa was taken to a hospital was not immediately available early Thursday afternoon.