KANSAS CITY- A Kansas man was injured in an accident just before 11 p.m. on Tuesday in Wyandotte County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2000 Lincoln Town Car and a 2004 Honda Accord driven by Edwin Ricardo Mendez-Chavez, 40, Kansas City, were eastbound on Interstate 70 at the Lewis and Clark Bridge in Kansas City.

For an unknown reason the Lincoln came to a stop in the number two lane. The Honda rear-ended the Lincoln. The occupants of the Lincoln fled the scene.

Mendez-Chavez was transported to Truman Medical Center.
The KHP reported he was properly restrained at the time of the collision.
The accident remains under investigation.