TOWANDA- Three people including a deputy sheriff were injured in an accident just after 6 p.m. on Saturday in Butler County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2004 Ford F 150 driven by Jan A. Adair, 72, Wichita, was eastbound on Kansas 254 one mile east of Towanda.

The vehicle crossed through the left turn lane onto the left shoulder into the median striking a Butler County Sheriff’s Department 2013 Dodge Charger driven by Deputy Benjamin L. Griffith, 31, Cassoday.

The deputy was stopped in the median waiting to complete a left hand turn to the south onto Ohio.

Adair, a passenger in the Ford Manuel Juan Caldera Jr., 46, Wichita, and Deputy Griffith were transported to Wesley Medical Center. Griffith was released a short time later.

The KHP reported all were properly restrained at the time of the crash. The accident remains under investigation.