(KNZA)--A Sunday afternoon one-vehicle Brown County wreck sent a Kansas City, Missouri man to the hospital.

The Kansas Highway Patrol it happened near the intersection of U.S. 73 Highway and 170th Road about five miles north of Horton.

According to the Patrol report, 30-year-old Zachary Thornton was eastbound on 170th Road when he failed to stop at the stop sign at U.S. 73 Highway and continued eastbound. Thornton lost control of his Volkswagen Jetta, which went into the north ditch and jumped a creek. The vehicle landed on its front end, striking a tree.

Thornton was transported to Hiawatha's Amberwell Hospital with possible injuries.

The Patrol says its unknown if he was wearing a seatbelt when the wreck occurred shortly after 4:30 Sunday afternoon.