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Kan. woman hospitalized after collision with bobtail tractor

Screen Shot 2014-07-03 at 5.13.15 AMKANSAS CITY- A Kansas woman was injured in an accident just before 6 p.m. on Wednesday in Johnson County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a International Bobtail tractor driven by Raymond D. Whisenhunt, 49, Lawrence, was northbound on Interstate 35 just south of 167th Street.

The vehicle made an unsafe lane change and struck the side of a 1998 Ford passenger car driven by Karen A. Finney, 47, Spring Hill, that was also traveling southbound.

The Ford went off roadway to the right, overturned in the ditch entrapping the driver.

Finney was transported to Overland Park Regional Medical Center.
Whisenhunt was not injured.
The KHP reported both drivers were properly restrained at the time of the accident.

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