SCANDIA – A Kansas man was injured in accident just before 10a.m. on Monday in Republic County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2004 Jeep SUV driven by Melvin Thomas Shafer II, 36, Hiawatha, was west bound on U.S. 36 two miles west of Scandia and drove off the right side of the roadway.

The driver over corrected across the centerline. He over corrected again, left the roadway and the SUV rolled at least four times.

Shafer was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the vehicle according to the KHP.

He was transported to Republic County Hospital and Life Flight transferred him to another hospital in Lincoln Nebraska.