SHAWNEE COUNTY – Three people, including 2 Kansas Highway Patrol troopers were injured in an accident just after noon on Monday in Shawnee County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2007 Honda SUV driven by Teresa M. Hoff, 35, Topeka, was eastbound on Interstate 470 at Gage in the right lane.

The SUV drifted onto the right shoulder and rear-ended a 2015 KHP Dodge Charger that was legally parked on the right shoulder of eastbound Interstate 470, with all emergency lights activated.

 

The Charger hit a Kansas State Trooper standing in the grass, on the south side of the roadway and a 2009 Chevy pickup that was legally parked on the right shoulder of eastbound Interstate 470 in front of the Dodge.

 

Hoff and Troopers Tanner D. Blakesley, 24, Topeka and Herbel, Christopher D. Herbel, 35, Paxico, were transported to the hospital in Topeka with non-life-threatening injuries.

Hoff was properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say two Kansas Highway Patrol troopers and another person were injured in a three-vehicle accident near Topeka.

The patrol says the troopers and an occupant of one of the other vehicles sustained injuries not considered life-threatening during the accident Monday along Interstate 470 at Fairlawn Road.

The patrol says the troopers were outside of their cruiser and talking to occupants of a pickup truck they had stopped when their patrol car was hit from behind by a sport utility vehicle. That SUV then rolled, and the patrol car was pushed into the truck they had stopped.

Eastbound lanes of the freeway were closed as the patrol investigates the accident and clear away the damaged vehicles.