HAYS – A semi driver was injured in an accident just after 5p.m. on Friday in Ellis County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2014 Freightliner semi driven by Jeffery Paul Crosby, 55, Oklahoma City, OK., was eastbound on Interstate 70 one mile west of the U.S. 183 Junction.

A strong gust of wind lifted the empty trailer from the roadway, moving it toward the cab and the truck rolled.

It slid down the highway about one hundred yards before coming to rest on its passenger side.

Crosby was transported to Hays Medical Center.
He was properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.