ELLIS- Two people were injured in an accident just before 6p.m. on Sunday in Ellis County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1999 Chevy passenger car driven by Alexander Shane Boswell, 21, McPherson, was traveling west bound on Interstate 70 at the Kansas 247 exit near Ellis.

The vehicle failed to maintain the lane of traffic. It entered the north bound ditch, slid sideways, hit the embankment and rolled.

Bowswell and a passenger Cassidy Lynn Goering,19, McPherson, were transported to Hays Medical Center.

They were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.