LEAVENWORTH COUNTY – A Kansas man was injured in an accident just before 7a.m. on Wednesday in Leavenworth County.

The Kansas Turnpike Authority reported a 2007 Isuzu passenger vehicle driven by Eugene Houston Mccarter, 32, Mission, was westbound on Interstate 70 near the Tonganoxie-Eudora exit.

The vehicle came over the crest of a hill and the driver was unable to avoid a semi traveling 50 miles-per-hour in the number 2 lane.

The Isuzu stuck the rear of the semi and caught fire.

Mccarter was transported to a local hospital.

The semi driver James Edward Long, 52, Edwardsville, was not injured.

The accident shut down the highway for a couple of hours.
Both drivers were properly restrained at the time of the accident.