ST. JOHN, Kan- Two people were hospitalized after an accident at 10 a.m. on Friday in Stafford County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2004 Ford passenger car driven by Edwin R. Evans, 81, Great Bend, was stopped southbound on U.S. 281 at the U.S. 50 intersection two miles south of St. John.

The vehicle made a left turn in front of 2008 Mercury passenger car driven by William F. Ruckle, 72, Hutchinson. The vehicles collided at the intersection.

Evans and a passenger in the Ford Evans, Peggy S. Evans, 78, Great Bend were transported to Stafford County Hospital.

Ruckle and two passengers in the Mercury were not injured.

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