THOMAS COUNTY –One person was injured in an accident just after 5a.m. on Wednesday in Thomas County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1997 Ford Van driven by Amancio Bonilla, 36, El Salvador, was eastbound on Interstate 70 at the Levant exit.

The driver lost control of the van. It traveled into the south ditch, overturned and hit a sign.

A passenger Darwin R. Maldonado-Bonilla, 25, Honduras, was transported to Citizens Medical Center. Three other passengers from

Bonilla and three other passengers from Honduras were not injured.

All were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.