ELLIS — An Ellis woman was injured in an accident just after 8 a.m. Tuesday in Ellis County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2007 Dodge Nitro driven by Misty Dawn Schartz, 26, Ellis, was eastbound on Interstate 70, approximately 10 miles west of Hays and rear-ended a 2015 International semi-truck driven by Garreld E. Wright, 61, Oklahoma City, which was accelerating on the shoulder and pulling out onto the driving lane.

Schartz was transported to Hays Medical Center. Wright was not injured.

The KHP reported both drivers were properly restrained at the time of the accident.

Trooper Tod Hileman said Schartz told him that her seatbelt saved her life.