Law enforcement and emergency personnel responded to an accident near U.S. 77 and Old Highway 40 on the south side of Junction City late Monday afternoon.

The Geary County Sheriff’s Department reported that Philip Major, Manhattan, was turning from Old Highway 40 onto U.S. 77 Highway in a 2008 Hyundai when he struck Jeremy Purkeypyle, Herington, who was traveling southbound on U.S. 77 in a 2000 Hyundai passenger vehicle.

Purkeypyle was flown to Salina Regional Hospital with leg injuries. No other injuries were reported.