MARION COUNTY – A Kansas man was injured in an accident just before 10a.m. on Saturday in Marion County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1999 International Semi driven by Eriel Gonzalez-Mitre, 29, Hillsboro, was northbound on Kansas 15 two miles south of U.S. 56.

The driver saw there was a bridge and didn’t want to meet a southbound1996 International Semi driven by Joshua Caleb Meliza, 27, Hillsboro, with an oversized load.

Gonzalez-Mitre locked up the brakes on the semi. It slid across the centerline and struck the trailer load of Meliza’s semi.

Gonzalez-Mitre was transported to Newton Medical Center.
Meliza was not injured.

Both drivers were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.