POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY – Three people were injured in an accident just before 10:30 a.m. on Monday in Pottawatomie County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2006 Ford Taurus driven by Carl Joseph Behrens, 40, Wamego, was eastbound on U.S. 24 in the slow lane and struck a 2007 Ford Focus driven by Alyssa Jade McCormack, 15, Saint George, that was southbound crossing U.S. 24 on Blackjack Road.

McCormack and a passenger Kyla McCormack, 13, Saint George, were transported to the hospital in Manhattan.

Behrens was transported to the hospital in Wamego.

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