SEWARD COUNTY – A semi driver was injured in an accident just before 9a.m. on Monday in Seward County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2016 Freightliner semi driven by Stephen Craig Boeding, Kansas City, was westbound on U.S. 54 two miles west of Plains.

The truck traveled left of center, entered the south ditch, rolled and caught fire.

Boeding was transported to Southwest Medical Center. He was properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.