LINCOLN COUNTY —  One person was injured in an accident just after 6a.m. Wednesday in Lincoln County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2016 Volvo semi driven by Lovepreet Singh, 23, Bakersfield, CA., was westbound on interstate 70 near the Beverly exit.

The semi drifted into median and the driver over corrected flipping the semi onto its side blocking all of westbound I-70.

EMS transported Singh to the hospital in Salina in serious condition, according to the KHP. He was properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.  

The westbound lanes reopened to traffic just before 11:30a.m.

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LINCOLN COUNTY — Authorities are on the scene of an accident early Wednesday in Lincoln County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported the crash on Interstate 70 near the Beverly exit in Lincoln County has forced westbound traffic to exit at the Brookville-Tescott exit and travel north to Tescott and west to Lincoln and south on Kansas 14 as officials work to clear the accident scene.

East bound lanes are still open.  The KHP reminded drivers to slow down as they approach the scene.

The KHP has not released details on injuries.