RILEY COUNTY – A Junction City man was injured in an accident just before 2p.m. on Wednesday in Riley County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2007 International semi driven by Dale Taylor, 57, was southbound on U.S. 77 a mile north of U.S. 24.

The semi crossed centerline and struck a northbound semi, left the roadway into the east ditch and came to rest at bottom of an embankment.

Taylor was transported to the hospital in Manhattan.

The other driver Daryl Langvardt, 67, Clay Center, was not injured.

Both drivers were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.