Two injured in accident on I-49 in Grandview

An accident on northbound Interstate 49 in Grandview left two drivers injured late Monday morning. Neither person suffered life-threatening injuries.

A 25-year-old woman driving a Chevrolet Equinox struck the rear of a Missouri Department of Transportation truck about 10:45 a.m., according to Grandview police. That driver, who was not wearing a seat belt, suffered a knee injury.

A MoDOT employee who had been driving the truck also was taken to a hospital.

Several MoDOT workers were repairing a concrete barrier along the far left lane of northbound I-49 when the accident occurred, said Stephen Porter, MoDOT spokesman. The MoDOT truck had been equipped with a truck-mounted attenuator, or cushioning device.

“The attenuator did its job, cushioning the collision,” Porter said.

Normal traffic resumed by about 1 p.m.

Brian Burnes, bburnes@kcstar.com

This story was originally published October 6, 2014 at 1:58 PM with the headline "Two injured in accident on I-49 in Grandview."