LINDSBORG,Kan- Three people were injured in a 3-car McPherson County crash just after 10 p.m. on Thursday.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported three vehicles were southbound on I-135 at Smoky Valley Road when a 2011 Chevy passenger car driven by Stephen E. Way, 26, Fort Carson, CO., went off the right shoulder, then back into the roadway.
The vehicle spun out, struck the guardrail and drove back northbound in the southbound lane and parked behind the original crash site.
A 2000 Pontiac van driven by Martin E. Brisco, 57, Wichita made an avoidance maneuver around the crash, braked, and a 2003 Ford passenger car driven by Patricia Williams, 48, Moundridge rear ended the Pontiac. The Ford also struck the inside rail.
Passengers in the Pontiac Christine L. Brisco, 50, and Hannah E. Brisco, 12, were transported to the Lindsborg Hospital.
Williams was transported to Salina Regional Medical Center.
Way and Martin Brisco were not injured.
The KHP reported all were properly restrained at the time of the accident.