(KAIR)--An elderly man was struck by a vehicle early Monday morning while walking in a Valley Falls parking lot, with his injuries sending him for hospital treatment.

According to a report from the Kansas Highway Patrol, 79-year-old Dennis Roth was walking into the Petro gas station, located at 1420 K4  Highway, just before 7:00, when he was hit by a Dodge Ram pickup truck pulling into the gas station.

Roth, a resident of Wolbach, Nebraska, was transported from the scene to Stormont Vail Hospital, in Topeka, for the treatment of what the KHP identifies as a suspected serious injury.

The driver of the truck, identified as 38-year-old Valley Falls resident Andrew Miller, was not hurt.