ELLIS COUNTY –Three people were injured in an accident just before 5 p.m. on Saturday in Ellis County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2003 Volkswagen Beetle driven by Caleigh J. Befort, 17, Hays, was southbound on U.S. 183 two miles north of Interstate 70.

The vehicle rear-ended a southbound 2002 Suzuki mini-van driven by Caleb B. Snow, 20, Hays that was preparing to make a left turn in to a driveway.

The collision pushed the van into the northbound traffic and it collided with a 2010 Ford F-150 driven by Dennis L. Babcock, 68, Phillipsburg.

Snow, Befort and Babcock were transported to Hays Medical Center.

Eagle Med later transported Babcock to a hospital in Wichita.

Babcock and Befort were not wearing seat belts, according to the KHP.

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By James Bell
Hays Post

Emergency responders from Ellis County and Hays were on scene a few miles north of Hays on Hwy 183 around 5 p.m. Saturday after a multiple vehicle accident blocked traffic and sent at least one person to the hospital.

Details are unavailable at this time, but EMS had transported one person from the scene by 5:30 p.m. and responders were working to remove vehicles and debris in order to reopen the highway for at least an hour after the accident.

During the initial cleanup traffic was blocked from the South almost to the Hays City limits.

The condition of the vehicle occupants and the cause of the accident is unknown at this time.