The Kansas Highway Patrol says a trooper suffered cuts and bruises when he flipped his vehicle on a highway west of Kansas City.

KSHB-TV reports  the trooper was alert when he was taken to a hospital by air ambulance.

The accident happened Thursday morning on U.S. 24 in the Wyandotte County town of Basehor. The patrol reports the car rolled over several times.

Investigators are looking into the cause of the accident.