GOVE COUNTY — Two Quinter men were hospitalized after an accident just before 5:30 p.m. Wednesday on a county road east of Gove.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2012 Ford F150 driven by Randel Porter, 66, was eastbound on County Road S. The KHP said the pickup was struck by a 1998 semi driven by 70-year-old Phillip Mann, who was traveling north on County Road 58.

Porter was taken to Gove County Medical Center for treatment of a suspected serious injury, and Mann was hospitalized for a suspected minor injury.

The KHP reported Mann was wearing a seat belt, and Porter was not.