GOVE COUNTY — One person was injured in an accident just after 7a.m. Wednesday in Gove County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2015 Toyota Camry driven by Karl A. Warcup, 17, Houston, Texas, was westbound on Interstate 70 just west of the Grinnell exit in the driving lane. The driver fell asleep and rear-ended a semi.

A passenger in the Toyota Janice Garcia, 20, Fort Myers, Fla., was transported to the Logan County Hospital.

Warcup and the semi driver Lawrence J. Meiar, 62, WaKeeney, were not injured. All three were properly restrained at the  time of the accident, according to the KHP.