LABETTE COUNTY —One person was injured in an accident just after 12:30p.m. Tuesday in Labette County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2020 Chevy Silverado driven by Landon S. Myers, 42, Youngsville, Louisiana, was eastbound on U.S. 400 nine miles west of Parsons.
Max Myers, 32, Youngsville, Louisiana, was riding in the bed of the pickup holding down a canoe.
A gust of wind caught the canoe. It threw Myers and the canoe off the vehicle. Myers landed on the south shoulder of the highway.
EMS transported him to Labette Health. The driver was properly restrained and not injured, according to the KHP.