CUBA – One person was injured in an accident just before 2a.m. on Monday in Republic County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2002 Peterbilt semi driven by Jaime Ocampo-Hernandez, 36, Nashville, TN., was westbound on U.S. 36 three miles east of Cuba.

The driver was unable to avoid striking a cow & calf in the roadway.

The semi left the roadway on the north side, struck a driveway entrance, overturned and came to rest in a pasture.

Ocampo-Hernandez was transported to Republic County Hospital.
He was properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.