JUNCTION CITY- Seven people were injured in an accident just before 12-noon on Labor Day in Geary County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2010 Dodge Caravan driven by Kristen E. Barnes, 33, Granite City, IL., was traveling eastbound on Interstate 70 just east of Junction City.

The van was slowing for a wide load ahead. A 2005 Mazda driven by Jovan Q. Toles, 19, Junction City, came up on the van and struck it in the rear passenger side causing it to spin out of control. The Mazda slid to a stop on the south shoulder.

Toles, Barnes and passengers in the van Rita S. Hearn, 54, and four children were transported to Geary Community Hospital. A seventh passenger in the van Shawn M. Barnes, 35, was not injured.

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