ST. JOHN – A Kansas man was injured in an accident just before 5 a.m. on Wednesday in Stafford County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2007 Peterbilt semi driven by John K. Hunter, 60, Larned, was southbound on U. S. 281 at 5th Street in St. John.

The semi driver attempted to pass a southbound trash truck driven by Cassidy Quinn Mawhirter, 35, St. John, that slowed to make a left turn. The semi hit the trash truck.

Mawhirter was transported to the Stafford District Hospital.

Hunter and passengers in the trash truck Terry Hollers, 58, St. John, and Michael Jeffrey Reed, 48, Stafford, were not injured.

The driver and occupants of the trash truck were not wearing seat belts, according to the KHP.