ELLIS COUNTY—One person was injured in an accident just before 7p.m. Tuesday in Ellis County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2015 Internation Straight Truck driven by Amer Bakht-Menawy, 36, Fort Morgan, Colorado, was eastbound on Interstate 70 two miles west of Hays. The truck veered into the south ditch, struck a bridge pillar and caught fire.
EMS transported Bakht-Menawy to Hays Medical Center. He was properly restrained, according to the KHP.