GREAT BEND – A Great Bend man was injured in an accident just after 11:45 a.m. on Monday in Barton County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1999 Plymouth van driven by Robert K Vanskike, 49, was southbound on U.S. 281 two miles south of Great Bend.

The driver failed to negotiate the curve. The van left the roadway and hit a tree.

Vanskike was transported to Wesley Medical Center

The KHP reported he was not wearing a seatbelt.