HAYS- Two women from Southern California were injured in an accident at 9:30 Thursday evening on Interstate 70 in Ellis County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2014 Chevy Traverse driven by Joyce Hopkins, 48, Burbank, CA., was eastbound on Interstate 70 five miles east of Hays and rear ended a 2005 Honda Pilot driven by Jennifer Twigg, 47, Parker, CO.

Hopkins and a passenger in the Chevy Hanna Morrow, 22, Burbank, CA., were transported to Hays Medical Center.

Twigg was not injured.

The KHP reported all were properly restrained at the time of the accident.