OTTAWA – Two people were injured in an accident just after 9p.m. on Monday in Ottawa County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2015 Mitsubishi Lancer driven by William P. Walton III, 30, St. Louis, was being pursued by troopers westbound on Treaty Road from U.S. 81 nine miles north of Minneapolis.

The driver attempted a right turn, entered the west ditch, and struck a pole.

Passengers in the vehicle Kristen M. Fox, 36, Oak Ridge, TN., and Edward H Anaya, 24, Los Angeles, were transported to Salina Regional Health Center.

Walton III may have been injured. He left the scene of the accident, according to the KHP.

The injured passengers were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.