ATCHISON COUNTY —One person was injured in an accident just after 7a.m. Friday in Atchison County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2015 Peterbilt semi driven by Ricky Lee Derr, 64, Montrose, IA., was westbound on U.S. 59.
The driver failed to stop at a stop light at 4th Street and struck the side of a northbound 2018 Ford Explorer driven by Mary Jane Sowers, 59, Atchison,
EMS transported Sowers to the hospital in Atchison. Derr was not injured. Both drivers and a passenger in the Ford were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.