GEARY COUNTY— One person was injured in an accident just before 6p.m. Tuesday in Geary County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1999 Ford Taurus driven by Blake Dean Wingert, 22, Lecompton, was southbound on Kansas 177 eleven miles south of Manhattan.

The vehicle rear-ended a 2015 Jeep Wrangler driven by Charmin Adele Miller, 49, Alma, that had slowed to make a left turn onto Old Kansas 18.

Wingert was transported to the hospital in Manhattan.

Miller was not injured.  Both drivers were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.