A single-car accident 20 miles south of Oakley injured a 91-year-old Colby man Thursday afternoon.

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, around 1:38 p.m. James Merica was northbound on US Highway 83 in a 1994 Chrysler Concorde when he entered the east ditch then crossed the highway and entered the west ditch where he struck a culvert, sending his car airborne then landing upright in the west ditch facing north.

Merica was transported to Logan County Hospital with disabling injuries.

Merica was not wearing his seat belt.