SHERMAN COUNTY – One person was injured in an accident just before 4p.m. on Tuesday in Sherman County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2007 Ford Focus driven by Zachary Marion Murphy, 28, Tallahassee, FL., was eastbound on Interstate 70 twelve miles east of Goodland. The vehicle hydroplaned and rolled into the south ditch.

The vehicle’s trunk was open and Murphy removed the key from ignition and walked back to the trunk to close it.

At that time, an eastbound 2013 Ford Focus driven by Taryn Nicole Bedore, 20, Goodland hydroplaned in the rain. The driver lost control of the vehicle. It entered the south ditch and struck Murphy’s Ford Focus.

Murphy was transported to the hospital in Goodland.

Bedore was properly restrained at the time of the accident and not injured, according to the KHP.