Current
31
Light Snow
3-Day Forecast
HI: 38°
LO: 27°
HI: 38°
LO: 27°
HI: 38°
LO: 27°
KDOT, KHP plan crackdown on Interstate 435, Kansas highways
Cynthia Newsome
4:04 PM, Mar 30, 2018
Department of Transportation worker Aaron Whited, was sitting in his car last week when he was rear-ended by a car. Photo by Cynthia Newsome/KSHB
Copyright 2018 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Drivers who violate the law may want to keep their head on a swivel next month.
The Kansas Department of Transportation and the Kansas Highway Patrol are joining forces to make Kansas highways safer.
The week of April 9-13 is Kansas Work Zone Safety awareness week.
Department of Transportation worker Aaron Whited, sitting in his car last week when he was rear-ended by a car.
Whited was in a construction zone at the time of the crash.
Neither person was seriously hurt, but KDOT hopes the incident serves as a reminder to motorists to slow down in work zones.