TOPEKA – A Kansas man was injured in an accident just after 10 a.m. on Sunday in Shawnee County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2010 Dodge Stratus driven by Anthony W. Etheridge, 25, Centerville, was westbound on Interstate 470 at 17th Street in the left lane.

For an unknown reason the vehicle left the highway onto the inside shoulder. The driver over corrected and the vehicle went back onto the highway, struck a semi-trailer and drove off into the median.

Etheridge was transported to St. Francis Hospital.
The KHP reported he was properly restrained at the time of the accident.