LAWRENCE- A Kansas semi driver was injured in an accident just after 10 a.m. on Saturday in Douglas County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2010 Kenworth semi-truck pulling a trailer and driven by Gabriel T. Bukovatz, 36, Waverly, was eastbound on Highway 40 eight miles west of Lawrence.

The truck avoided a bicycle rider causing the vehicle to leave the roadway, overturn and strike a tree.

Bukovatz was transported to Lawrence Memorial Hospital. The KHP reported he was properly restrained at the time of the accident.

 

The KHP did not mention the condition of the bicycle rider.