A 46-year-old Ottawa man was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital Monday afternoon by a private vehicle after his pickup truck struck a bridge railing in Franklin County. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, the accident occurred at 1:43 p.m. in the 4200 block of Shawnee Road about six miles south of Baldwin City.

Lawrence R. Trusler was injured after his 1998 Ford Ranger truck drifted off the right side of the road and struck the railing. He was treated and released from the hospital.