WYANDOTTE COUNTY- Two people were injured in an accident and police pursuit just before 9p.m.on Saturday in Wyandotte County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported officers made a traffic stop on a 2009 Toyota Camry driven by Ryan Javon Thompson, 23, Kansas City, that westbound Interstate 70 just west of 57th Street because the Thompson was not wearing a seat belt.

As the officer made contact with the driver, the vehicle fled the scene westbound and exited at Turner Diagonal, struck the left barrier wall, traveled east into the ditch and struck a tree.

Thompson was transported to Providence Medical Center.

A passenger Craig Montez Armstrong, 25, Kansas City, was transported to KU Medical Center.

Another passenger Angel Katrese Phillips, 24, Kansas City, was not injured.

One passenger fled the scene of the accident.

Phillips was the only one properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.