A Sedalia man was injured in a one-vehicle accident that occurred Saturday evening in Johnson County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports that 27-year-old Alejandro Salazar-Padilla of Sedalia, was the driver of an eastbound 2008 Saturn Aura on US 50, west of County Road NW 250 around 6 p.m., when the car ran off the right side of the roadway, struck a ditch, overturned and struck a tree.

Salazar-Padilla suffered serious injuries, and was transported to Research Medical Center by Life Flight Air Ambulance.

The Saturn was totaled and towed from the scene.

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