GEARY COUNTY- A Kansas woman was injured in an accident just before 10a.m. on Wednesday in Geary County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2015 Mazda passenger car driven by Veronica Marie Mangiaracino, 46, Alta Vista, was eastbound on Old Highway 18 three miles south of Interstate 70.

The Mazda turned north into the path of 2007 Toyota passenger car driven by Mounir G. El- Aasar, 55, Manhattan, that was southbound on Kansas 177.

The vehicles collided in the northbound lanes.

Mangiaracino was transported to the hospital in Manhattan.

El- Aasar was not injured.

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