The driver of this vehicle had to be extricated Thursday Sept. 30, 2010, after he was involved in an accident on U.S. Highway 59 south of Lawrence. Traffic was blocked for more than a half hour.

A green Ford Taurus rests sideways on U.S. Highway 59 south of Lawrence near Wells Overlook. Two vehicles were involved in the injury accident Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010.

A two-vehicle accident on U.S. Highway 59, including the Chevrolet SUV, sent one person to a local hospital Thursday Sept. 30, 2010. The accident was reported about 12:50 and shut down the highway for more than an hour.

A 20-year-old Lawrence woman was injured in a two-vehicle accident Thursday afternoon on U.S. Highway 59 three miles south of Lawrence.

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol report, the woman, Kayleigh C. Schneider, became distracted by papers blowing out the window of her northbound 1998 Ford Taurus. The car then crossed into the southbound lane and struck a 2000 Chevrolet truck.

It happened about 12:45 p.m. Thursday. The driver of the truck, 42-year-old Karmen Zabala, of Baldwin City, was not injured.

Schneider was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Both drivers were wearing their seat belts, according to the accident report.

Traffic was blocked in both directions for more than an hour as investigators tried to determine what had happened.