(KNZA)--A Hiawatha bicyclist was injured early Wednesday evening after being hit by a vehicle along a Brown County highway.

The Kansas Highway Patrol says 72-year-old James Patton was riding his bicycle on the shoulder of U.S. 36 Highway, about one mile east Hiawatha, when a westbound SUV driven by Jody Pendleton, of Hiawatha, went over the line and struck him shortly after 5:30.

Patton was transported by ambulance to Amberwell Health, in Hiawatha, for the treatment of suspected minor injuries.

Pendleton was not hurt.