SALINA – One person was injured in an accident just after 3:30 p.m. on Thursday in Saline County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2005 Dodge pickup driven by Marilyn Akridge, 68, Maricopa, AZ., was northbound on Interstate 135 five miles south of Salina in the right lane.

A 1997 GMC pickup driven by Nellie Marie Newman, 46, Haysville, came from behind and struck the Dodge pickup in the rear.

Akridge was transported to the hospital in McPherson.

Newman was not injured.

A passenger in the GMC Steven Dean Newman, 51, Haysville, was not wearing a seatbelt and refused treatment at the scene according to the KHP.