KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Three children were injured, two seriously, in a crash Friday afternoon on Interstate 35 in Lenexa, authorities said.
The crash happened on southbound I-35 to eastbound I-435.
A Kansas Highway Patrol crash report revealed the driver of a 2003 Ford Explorer changed lanes at the last minute to try to take the exit ramp to eastbound Interstate 435.
The SUV was going too fast on the ramp, the driver lost control and the SUV overturned into the ditch, according to the report.
Tiffany Johnson, 33, of Pflugerville, Texas, was driving the SUV. Johnson was not seriously injured.
Two other women in the SUV also were not seriously injured, according to the report.
Two of the children in the SUV were transported to area hospitals with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries.
A third suffered non-life-threatening injuries,
Authorities said the crash prompted the Kansas Highway Patrol to shutdown the ramp from southbound I-35 to I-435 while crews worked the crashed.
The ramp has reopened.
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