Kansas Turnpike

Traffic is moving once again on the Kansas Turnpike after a rollover accident shuts down one of the north bound lanes. The accident happened shortly before 10:00am on Sunday, near the Haysville/Derby exit of I-35. Witnesses tell the Kansas Highway Patrol that a vehicle left the interstate for an unknown reason before rolling several times and landing on its top. One person was flown to Wesley Medical Center by EagleMed, the other two were transported by EMS. Officials with Wesley report the 8 year old girl is currently in critical condition.  The other two people in the car, a man and woman, are both in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit.

Snow and light freezing drizzle will move into Kansas Sunday night and into Monday. Although a significant amount of snow and ice is not anticipated, roads could be slick early Monday. A winter weather advisory has been issued for the eastern half of Kansas. Snow is expected to move across all by northwest Kansas overnight and it should remain very light. Accumulations will be minor, with most areas getting less than 2 inches. Areas south and east of the Kansas Turnpike could see up to 3 inches of snow.

Hardly a cloud in the sky this morning across Kansas.  Winds have shifted around to the south as a warm front moved through overnight.  Southerly winds will continue to be on the increase today ahead of an approaching cold front that is expected to arrive late Monday.  Wind gusts between 30-35 mph will be possible through the afternoon hours with the higher gusts expected along the Kansas Turnpike and sections of southeast Kansas.  With all the...

Three people are injured including one critically after an accident along the Kansas Turnpike. It happened just after 7:00 this evening along I35 near 103 street South. Crews had to block the southbound left in as they cleaned up the scene.

The storm system that swept out into our area Monday bringing heavy rain and storms to central and eastern Kansas will continue to spin away from us Tuesday. The heaviest rainfall was along and southeast of the Kansas Turnpike where some spots picked up over two inches. A mix of rain and snow should continue in the west throughout the day as colder air wraps around the backside of Monday's storm system. Parts of western Kansas could pick-up 2-4 inches of snow by Tuesday afternoon.

A multiple vehicle crash on the Kansas Turnpike injures several people. The accident happened around 8:30 Friday night south of the Mulvane exit soutbound. Turnpike dispatch tells Eyewitness News that nine people were hurt, one critically. One lane southbound remains closed as of ten o'clock. The cause of the accident is still under investigation. There was another accident in the same area about an hour before.

A double decker animal trailer carrying more than 220 goats blew a tire and rolled into a ditch, near 47 th Street South and the Kansas Turnpike, authorities said. About a half dozen goats were killed in the Friday morning accident.  The trailer was demolished and goats spilled into a grassy area separating the north and south lanes of the turnpike. No people were hurt. Lois Faller of Minnesota, told Eyewitness News she picked up the load of goats in Purcell, Oklahoma Friday morning and was driving them back home, where her son cares for and sells the animals.

Four people are hospitalized, two of them in critical condition, after a semi fire along the Kansas Turnpike just north of the K-96 exit in East Wichita early Tuesday. Troopers say an SUV was pulling another SUV on a trailer when a tire blew, a semi following behind them didn't realize what was happening and crashed into the vehicles.  The semi's fuel tank burstopen, spilling gas everywhere and catching fire. All four victims were in the SUV at the time of the crash.  The semi driver was not hurt.

Changes are coming to the Kansas Turnpike exit 19 toll plaza; that's the exit for Wellington. The exit is getting new self-pay toll machines. Instead of handing money to a person, people can use cash or a credit card. The machines work much like grocery store self check-outs. The machines are used most of the time at lower-traffic exits. The turnpike also has some that they use during low-traffic hours, but use people to take tolls during high-traffic times. The first self-pay machines were installed in December 2009 at an exit in northeast Kansas.