A driver was killed early April 5 when a automobile plunged from an space that was blocked off and underneath building on Interstate 70’s Polk-Quincy Viaduct in Topeka, authorities mentioned.
The title, age and gender of the sufferer weren’t being launched Saturday morning pending notification of subsequent of kin.
Topeka police Lt. Ron Ekis mentioned in a information launch: “On April 5, 2025, at roughly 1:29 a.m. emergency responders acquired details about a automobile that had pushed off the I-70 overpass close to 2nd and S. Kansas Ave. The motorist was driving on a portion of the interstate that was blocked off and underneath building.”
The motive force was pronounced deceased on the scene, Ekis mentioned.
“No different automobiles have been concerned, and the driving force was the only real occupant of the automobile,” he mentioned.
No additional info was being made public.
A driver was killed early April 5 when a automobile plunged off an Interstate 70 overpass close to S. 2nd and Kansas Avenue, Topeka police mentioned.
The crash got here at a time when the Kansas Division of Transportation lately initiated a three-year venture by means of which it’s changing and realigning the viaduct, an growing older, elevated four-lane section of I-70 that runs between S.W. Polk and S.E. Quincy streets.
Contact Tim Hrenchir at threnchir@gannett.com or 785-213-5934.
This text initially appeared on Topeka Capital-Journal: Driver dies when automobile plunges from Topeka’s Polk/Quincy Viaduct
