(KNZA)--An early Monday morning Brown County head-on collision sent a Morrill man to the hospital.

The Kansas Highway Patrol says it happened on U.S. 36 Highway, three-tenths of a mile west of Hazelnut Road.

The Patrol reports 55-year-old Kirk Eisenbise was eastbound when he lost control of his Ford Ranger. His vehicle slid sideways across both lanes of traffic, striking a westbound SUV head-on.

Eisenbise was transported to the Hiawatha Community Hospital with suspected serious injury.

The driver of the SUV, 37-year-old Wathena resident Melissa Ryser, received possible injury but was not transported to a hospital.

Slick road conditions were reported at time of the crash, which occurred shortly after 6:30 Monday morning.