Geary County Sheriff’s deputies responded Thursday to a report of a lapsed hit and run accident on U.S. Highway 77. 

Shane Price, junction City, was traveling south in a Nisan Altima when a Ford F-150 pickup truck came off of K-57 highway traveling south and merged onto U.S. 77 behind him. Price was then struck in the rear of his vehicle. The Ford F-150 then left the scene of the accident.

The case is still under investigation.