OTTAWA COUNTY – Four people were injured in an accident just before 6 p.m. on Thursday in Ottawa County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2004 Ford Passenger vehicle driven by Mendoza, Fernando Mendoza, 23, Mexico, was southbound on U.S. 81 at mile post 171 on the inside lane.

The rear passenger side tire blew out causing the vehicle to go into the median and roll multiple times.

Mendoza and passengers Jose Luis Manzanares-Aguilar, 30, Louisville, TX., Richardo Morales-Vega, 27, Indianapolis, IN., and Juan Daniel Rodrigues, Mexico, were transported to Salina Regional Medical Center.

Morales-Vega and Rodrigues were not wearing seat belts according to the KHP.