RUSH COUNTY – A man and woman from Ness County were injured in an accident just before 10a.m. on Monday in Rush County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2005 Buick Terraza driven by William C. Cheney, 69, Utica, was northbound on U.S.183 fifteen miles south of Hays.

The vehicle entered the east ditch, continued northbound in the ditch, vaulted over Avenue A, and came to rest in the ditch.

Cheney and a passenger Sherron J. Cheney, 67, Utica, were transported to Hays Medical Center.

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