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Adult, child from Western Kan. hospitalized after crash in KC

KANSAS CITY- Two people from Western Kansas were injured in an accident just before 1:30p.m. on Wednesday in Wyandotte County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2014 Buick Enclave driven by Brittany Jo Berning, 24, Leoti, was southbound on Interstate 435 just south of Interstate 70.

The vehicle slowed in traffic to make a u-turn and was rear-ended by a 2005 Ford F250 driven by Benjamin Conrad Uhlrich, 31, Greenwood, Missouri.

A passenger in the Buick Gloria Jolene Berning, 53, Leoti, was transported to Truman Medical Center. A child in the Buick Keleigh Hernandez, 5, Leoti, was transported to Children’s Mercy.

The drivers were not injured. All were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.

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