SALINE COUNTY – A Kansas man was injured in an accident just before 7 a.m. on Tuesday in Saline County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1990 Ford F250 driven by Corey Dean Hill, 28, Ellsworth, was westbound on Kansas 140 just east of Reece Road.

The driver fell asleep. The truck went off the roadway and through a creek embankment.

A personal vehicle transported Hill to the Ellsworth Medical Center.

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