ATCHISON- A semi driver was injured in an accident just before 5 p.m. on Wednesday in Atchison County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a Freightliner semi driven by Kevin T. Bennett, 58, Waterloo, IA., was westbound on 234th Road twelve miles south of Atchison.

The driver failed to negotiate the left hand curve at Rawlings Road. The truck overturned and rolled into the west ditch.

Lifenet transported Bennett to Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph.

The KHP reported he was properly restrained at the time of the accident.