SHERMAN COUNTY — One person was injured in an accident just after 11a.m. Saturday in Sherman County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2008 Chevy HHR driven by Richard English, 51, Aurora, CO., was eastbound on Interstate 70 seventeen miles west of Goodland.

The driver was in the process of passing a semi. The semi’s trailer was leaning into the passing lane.

The driver slammed on the brakes and lost control of the Chevy. It hit the guardrail on the driver’s side and came to rest against the guardrail facing westbound.

English was transported to the hospital in Goodland. He was properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.