11:25am.

Emergency responders are heading to an area east of Atchison, Kansas to the report of a two-vehicle accident with injuries at 13959 SW US-59 highway.

Witnesses place the accident near the Amelia Earhart bridge by the gas station.

 

 

11:40 am. Officers are shutting down the westbound lanes and directing both directions of travel via the eastbound lanes of US 59.  One person is reported with a neck injury in the rear-end collision.

Authorities now say the accident scene has been cleared and traffic is moving through the area normally.