REPUBLIC COUNTY – A Kansas man was injured in an accident just before 11:30a.m. on Tuesday in Republic County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2015 Dodge Charger driven by Wade M. Van Meter, 38, Concordia, was southbound on U.S. 81 just south of Xavier Road.

The vehicle veered off the west side of the road into the ditch where it struck a grove of trees.

Van Meter was transported to Cloud County Community Hospital.

He was properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.