BARTON COUNTY – A Kansas man was injured in an accident just before 9:30 p.m. on Saturday in Barton County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2012 Chevy Tahoe driven by Lucas M. Herl, 29, Great Bend, was eastbound on Kansas 96 seven miles northwest of Great Bend.

The driver encountered water over half of the roadway on the right side.

The SUV was pulled into the ditch. It rolled over onto its roof and the driver was entrapped and submerged under water.

An unknown motorist came by and pulled the driver out.

Herl was transported to Great Bend Regional Hospital.
He was properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.