Law eenforcement authorities responded to a fatality accident near mile marker 296 on I-70 late Wednesday afternoon. Westbound traffic was rerouted through Junction City and Grandview Plaza via exits 298 and 299.
As of 8 p.m. Wednesay I-70 westbound at exit 296 was still closed. Authorities were stilll conducting an investigation at the scene. KHP reported it was a fatality accident.