RUSSELL – A woman was injured in an accident just after 11:30 a.m. on Thursday in Russell County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2000 Ford Crown Victoria driven by Nancy Jo Welling, 78, Paradise, was westbound on Interstate 70 five miles west of Russell in the right hand lane.

The vehicle moved left into the passing lane and rubbed up against the tires on the trailer of a semi.

The driver lost control of the Ford. It went into the north ditch, hit the KDOT fence and came to rest on the shoulder of the westbound lane.

Welling was transported to Russell Regional Medical Center.

The semi driver Charles M. Gatz, 53, Marquette, was not injured.

Both drivers were properly restrained at the time of the accident according to the KHP.