A Thomas County man was injured in a vehicle accident just before midnight Tuesday in Rawlins County.

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, Ernest J. Leija, 21, Gem, was driving a 2004 Ford Explorer east on Road G, a half mile west of Highway K-25 at 11:41 p.m.  Leija lost control of the SUV as he moved to the right when meeting an oncoming vehicle.

The SUV left the roadway, overturned and came to rest in a field on the south side of the road.

Leija was taken to the Rawlins County Health Center in Atwood and later was flown to Swedish Medical Center in Eagle, Colorado.

He was not wearing a seatbelt.