LAWRENCE – Two men were injured in an accident just before 2 p.m. on Wednesday in Douglas County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1992 Buick LeSabre driven by Joseph S. Sauer, 49, Waterville, was eastbound on U. S. 24 four miles north of Lawrence. The vehicle was in the westbound lane passing a Mack Truck.

The truck made a left turn at 3rd Street. The Buick struck and came to rest under the truck’s trailer.

Sauer was transported to KU Medical Center. The truck driver Kevin S. Hooper, 52, Topeka, was transported to Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

The KHP reported Sauer was not wearing a seat belt.