STANTON COUNTY – A southwest Kansas man was injured in an accident just before 6:30a.m. on Sunday in Stanton County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2013 Freightliner semi driven by Vernon R. Smith, 57, Moscow, was westbound on U.S. 160 three miles east of Johnson.

The truck’s passenger side trailer tires entered the north ditch and the trailer rolled.

The truck remained upright.

Smith was transported to the Stanton County Hospital.

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