Baby taken to hospital as precaution after two-vehicle accident on K-10 east of Eudora

A vehicle taking a 4-month-old Lawrence baby to an Overland Park Hospital Monday morning was involved in an accident on icy Kansas Highway 10 near the Johnson County-Douglas County line.

The baby, who had a hospital visit scheduled, was not injured in the accident but was taken to the hospital by ambulance as a precaution, said Mark Billquist, an operations chief for the Northwest Consolidated Fire District in Johnson County.

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, the driver of a westbound 2001 Ford Explorer lost control on a bridge 3 miles east of Eudora, and the vehicle struck the rear driver’s side of an eastbound 2004 Ford F-150 truck, driven by Sophia L. Jones, 28, of Lawrence. The crash happened at 8:30 a.m.

The report said 4-month-old Everett Atwell was taken to Children’s Mercy South Hospital in Overland Park by ambulance.

No one else was taken to the hospital. Troopers shut down traffic in the area briefly so a road crew could treat K-10 near the county line.