SHAWNEE COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities are investigating a Thursday afternoon accident in Shawnee County that injured a Kansas Highway Patrol officer and two others.

Just after 3:30p.m. on Thursday, a vehicle driven by Bill Dowden, 83, Lenexa, was eastbound on Interstate 470 in the number two lane. The vehicle drifted out of the lane, traveled across the number 1 lane, drove onto the inside shoulder and struck a Kansas Highway Patrol vehicle legally parked on the inside shoulder of the Interstate.

The trooper, Dowden and a passenger Marion Dowden, 79, Lenexa, were transported to a hospital in Topeka.

The name of the trooper was not available early Friday.

The accident remains under investigation.

SHAWNEE COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities are investigating a Thursday afternoon accident in Shawnee County that injured a Kansas Highway Patrol officer and two others.

The KHP reported just after 3:30p.m., a motor carrier inspector was involved in a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 470 between Gage and Fairlawn. The officer was sitting stationary in the median facing east when his vehicle was rear-ended.

The officer and two others were transported to a local hospital.

The Patrol’s Critical Highway Accident Response Team responded to the scene.

No additional details were released early Thursday evening.