TREGO COUNTY— One person was injured in an accident just after 5p.m. Tuesday in Trego County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2017 Mazda passenger vehicle driven by Mariah N. Plutt, 23, Colorado Springs, CO., was eastbound on Interstate 70 four miles west of Ellis passing a semi.

The driver lost control of the vehicle. It struck the left rear corner of the semi and over turned in the middle of the eastbound lanes.

Plutt was transported to Hays Medical Center. The semi driver and a passenger from Canada were not injured. All three were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.