SEWARD COUNTY- Three people were injured in an accident just before 7 a.m. on Wednesday in Seward County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2016 Kia passenger car driven by Chinh Bui, 47, Kansas City, was eastbound on U.S. 54 seven miles east of Liberal.

The driver attempted to pass a semi. The Kia was unable to pass, attempted an evasive maneuver and hit a 2006 Dodge pickup up on front passenger side.

Bui, a passenger in the Kia Vincent Mattione, 46, Leawood, and the driver of the pickup Kirk Talley, 46, Kismet, were transported to Southwest Medical Center.

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