ELLIS COUNTY — One person was injured in an accident just before 9:30a.m. Saturday in Ellis County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2014 Freightliner semi driven by Roger Raney, 56, Lynchburg, OH., was eastbound on Interstate 70 thirteen miles east of Hays.

The duals of the trailer struck a 2015 Nissan Rogue driven by Kenneth Ward, 36, Greeley, Co., that was stopped on the shoulder of the driving lane.

Ward was transported to the hospital in Hays. Raney was not injured. Both drivers were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.