A Topeka man suffered injuries Thursday morning in a one-car accident on the Kansas Turnpike just west of Lecompton when he swerved to avoid a dog chasing a squirrel.

Jamie R. Miller, 30, was injured when his car, a 1998 Dodge four-door, struck the center median barrier wall and overturned.

The accident happened about 9:08 a.m. while Miller was driving west, about three miles west of the Lecompton turnpike exit, said Lt. John Eichkorn, a spokesman for the Kansas Highway Patrol.

“Witnesses said his vehicle swerved to avoid a dog that was chasing a squirrel when his car struck the center barrier wall and overturned,” Eichkorn said.

Miller was taken by Lawrence-Douglas County Fire & Medical ambulance to Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center in Topeka.