TREGO COUNTY – A Great Bend man was injured in an accident just after 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in Trego County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2015 Ford F350 driven by Mark L. Kitch, 60, Great Bend, was north bound on U.S. 283 five miles south of WaKeeney.

The driver lost control of the truck after the left front tire blew out.

The truck traveled into the ditch and came to rest in a pasture.

Kitch was transported to the Trego County Hospital. He was properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.