RILEY COUNTY – A Manhattan man was injured in an accident just after 10:30a.m. on Monday in Riley County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2013 Ford F 150 driven by Gilberto Rodriguez-Martinez, 33, Manhattan, was westbound on Kansas 18 seven miles northeast of Interstate 70.

A box of nails fell out of the truck.

Rodriguez-Martinez made a U-turn through the median and double backed to pickup the box of nails.

He parked the vehicle on inside shoulder of eastbound K18, exited the vehicle, crossed the median and proceeded to pick up nails which were thrown across the inside lane of westbound K18.

A 2003 Ford F150 driven by Jacob Worcester, 23, Manhattan, was westbound on K18. He did not realize Rodriguez-Martinez was in the roadway.

The driver side mirror of the pickup struck the Rodriguez-Martinez. And pulled off on the north shoulder of the road.

Rodriguez-Martinez was transported to Via Christi in Manhattan.

Worcester was not injured and properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.