HAYS- A Russell man apparently was unharmed after his car shot down an embankment, striking a fence and tree at approximately 9 p.m. Sunday.

According to the Ellis County Sheriff’s Office, Mark Moore, 27, was eastbound on Commerce Parkway offramp at the Interstate 70 exchange. The report said Moore was attempting to blow into an interlock device when his foot hit the gas pedal, startling him, and he forgot to take his foot off the pedal.

The 2005 Ford Taurus traveled eastbound across Commerce, then down the embankment, where it traveled more than 175 feet before brakes were applied. The car struck a Kansas Department of Transportation fence, then continued into a tree.

The Taurus was pulled out Monday by a tow truck after morning drive time.