HUTCHINSON- Three people were hospitalized in a 5-vehicle construction zone accident just before 6 p.m. on Tuesday in Reno County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported 3 vehicles were stopped on northbound Kansas 61 at the Red Rock Road construction zone. Two of the vehicles were there to pick up cones and signs.

A 2008 Freightliner trash truck driven by Jonathan Marcus Yoder, 36, Partridge, was northbound on Kansas 61 when it rear ended a 2012 Chevy Impala driven by Cynthia S. Nelson, 41, Pratt. The truck then side swiped a 2008 Chevy Colorado and a 2008 Ford F650 driven by David Anthony Holzknecht, 21, Kirksville, Mo.

The driver of the Chevy Dylan Joseph Snyder, 22, Kansas City was outside his vehicle picking up signs when he was hit. He was transported to St. Francis Medical Center.

A 2012 Volkswagen Jetta driven by Kally Jo Stauffer, Kally, 30, Cunningham was southbound on Kansas 61 and was struck by flying debris.
Nelson and a passenger in the Ford David Ray Holloway Jr., 24, Camden, Mo., were transported to Hutchinson Regional Medical Center.

No other injuries were reported.

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