BUTLER COUNTY – Two people were injured in an accident just after 7a.m. on Saturday in Butler County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1988 Chevy pickup driven by Mac C. Masterson, 74, El Dorado, was westbound on U.S. 54 two miles east of El Dorado.

The pickup struck the side of the cab of a semi that was pulling out of a private drive onto U.S. 54.

Masterson and the semi driver Levy John Gordanier, 44, Escanaba, MI., were transported to Susan B. Allen Hospital.

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