HUTCHINSON- Law enforcement authorities in Reno County are investigating an SUV accident on Wednesday afternoon.

Bruce M. Stoecklein, 45, Arlington, escaped serious injury after he crashed his SUV following a long erratic drive down US-50 Wednesday.

Reno County 911 reported they were receiving calls over the noon hour of a vehicle driving the wrong way down on U.S. 50 and forcing vehicles, including a semi near Partridge, off the road.

The SUV eventually got on the four-lane section of U.S. 50 and Kansas 61 near Pleasantview and continued east at a high rate of speed.

The vehicle left the road, vaulted over two fences before coming to rest in a farm field near Whiteside.

Stoecklein was treated at the scene by EMS and was then escorted to an ambulance for a trip to Hutchinson Regional Medical Center.

He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.