KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two crashes snarled traffic Thursday morning on Interstate 70 at 40 Highway in Independence. No serious injuries were reported.
The independence police department says shortly after 4:30 a.m. two vehicles crashed on westbound I-70.
As Independence officers arrived to investigate the crash and were checking on motorists, another vehicle crashed into an Independence officer's vehicle.
The officer was out of the car and talking to a motorist in the previous crash and was not injured. The driver that hit the officer's car was injured, and being treated by emergency personnel.
No injuries were reported in the initial crash.
Two lanes of I-70 were back open to traffic shortly before 7 a.m.
