Woman injured in hit-and-run with tractor-trailer

An Overland Park woman was injured in a hit-and-run accident Sunday morning on U.S. 69 when a tractor-trailer rig changed lanes and struck her car.

The accident occurred at 6:43 a.m. on U.S. 69 at 87th Street. According to a Kansas Highway Patrol crash report, a 2006 Freightliner heading southbound on U.S. 69 made a lane change and struck the front corner of a southbound 1995 Toyota driven by Marilyn Smartwood. The impact forced the car into a concrete barrier.

The tractor-trailer rig continued south on U.S. 69 and was stopped by a trooper in Miami County. The driver, Fausto Mandujano, 44, of Kendall, Texas, told the trooper he didn’t know he had struck the car.

Smartwood, 63, was taken to an area hospital. No information on the extent of her injuries was available. Both drivers were wearing seat belts, the Highway Patrol sa