CHEYENNE COUNTY — One person was injured in an accident just after 8a.m. Thursday in Cheyenne County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1997 Peterbilt semi driven by Kelly D. Johansen, 60, Hiawatha, was northbound on Kansas 161 four miles north of Bird City.

The semi left the roadway to the right. The driver overcorrected and the semi fell on its side and tipped over the east edge of the roadway.

Johansen was transported to the hospital in St. Francis and later air-lifted to a hospital in Denver. He was not wearing a seat belt, according the KHP.