An elderly resident of Bucklin was injured in an accident on Wednesday afternoon three miles north of Marceline.
Eighty-seven-year-old Patsie Hughes was seriously injured and taken by private vehicle to Samaritan Hospital in Macon.
The pickup was driven by 91-year-old Charles Hughes of Bucklin.
The driver lost control on a wet Highway 36, causing the vehicle to go off the right side of the road where it struck a ditch.
The driver was using a seat belt while the passenger was not.
