GEARY COUNTY — One person was injured in an accident just after 11a.m. Wednesday in Geary County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2010 Chevy van driven by Samuel Gary Lowry, 29, Topeka, was southbound on Kansas 177 ten miles south of Interstate 70;

The van left the roadway, entered the west ditch, struck a culvert, went airborne and had a hard landing.

Lowry was transported to the hospital in Manhattan. He was properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.