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K-32 reopened after tanker truck crashes onto railroad tracks below I-435

A tanker truck veered off of northbound Interstate 435 about 1 p.m. Wednesday and crashed on the railroad tracks alongside Kansas 32. The tanker was empty and there were only minor injuries, the patrol reported.
A tanker truck veered off of northbound Interstate 435 about 1 p.m. Wednesday and crashed on the railroad tracks alongside Kansas 32. The tanker was empty and there were only minor injuries, the patrol reported. Kansas Highway Patrol

A tanker truck veered off of Interstate 435 near Kansas 32 and crashed onto railroad tracks below, the Kansas Highway Patrol reported.

The truck was traveling northbound when the crash occurred after 1 p.m. Wednesday.

K-32 eastbound was closed due to the accident but was reopened by 4:10 p.m., a spokesman for the Kansas Department of Transportation said.

The highway patrol reported on Twitter that the tanker was empty and there were only minor injuries.

This story was originally published November 1, 2017 at 1:35 PM.

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