Kansas trooper’s dashcam records airborne SUV on I-70. Why the driver wasn’t hurt

Dashcam video caught footage of a crash on I-70 in Russell County, Kansas, and shows an SUV driving in the median before hitting what appears to be a bump, going airborne, and then landing on its hood.

Kansas Highway Patrol trooper Tod Hileman posted the dashcam video online Tuesday of the April 17 crash that was recorded by another trooper. The trooper was pulling over to help another driver on the side of the interstate.

The trooper then drives from the shoulder to the median and rushes to the side of the driver, the dashcam video shows.

“Thankfully the driver was not injured, thanks to his seatbelt and all of the other hidden safety features that newer vehicles are being engineered with,” Hileman said in the Facebook post.

Other details about the crash were not immediately available. The KHP does not post details about non-injury accidents in its crash log.

This story was originally published April 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM.