One person sent to hospital in vehicle collision in Scotts Bluff County

MITCHELL - The Nebraska State Patrol investigated a two-vehicle accident at mile marker 13 on Highway 26 near Mitchell at 7:30 a.m. Friday.

State patrol spokesman Cody Thomas says Michael Martin, 26, of Torrington, rear-ended a semi-tractor-trailer, driven by Jonathon Hicks, 57, of Casper, in his Toyota Sedan. The semi-tractor-trailer was stopped at a railroad crossing.

Martin was transported by ambulance to Regional West Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries. Hicks wasn't injured in the crash.

The Scotts Bluff County Sheriff's Office also responded to the scene.