GARDEN CITY- A semi truck driver was injured in an accident just before 2 p.m. on Tuesday in Finney County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2012 Freightliner semi driven by Jimmie Hugh West Jr., 53, Borger, TX., was northbound on U.S. 83 twelve miles south of Garden City.

The semi went off the roadway to the right. The trailer tipped over on the passenger side, causing the truck’s tractor to tip over on the passenger side.

The truck came to rest in the east ditch
West Jr. was transported to St. Catherine Hospital.
The KHP reported he was properly restrained at the time of the accident.