A driver was injured in a crash in southwest Kansas caused by a wheel falling off a pilot car.

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a Ford F250 pickup acting as a pilot car for an oversize load was travelling west on US 56 Highway.  The truck went off the road to give room to an oncoming Toyota Avalon. A tire came off the pickup and struck the car.

The driver of the car, 38-year-old Sage Swaney from Mulvane, was transported to the hospital in Elkhart to be treated for suspected minor injuries.  She was buckled up.

The driver of the pickup was not hurt.

The incident happened at around 9:15 Tuesday morning on US 56 Highway near mile marker 15, about 12 miles east of K 27 Highway in Morton County