HARVEY COUNTY – Four people were injured in an accident just before 8 p.m. on Sunday in Harvey County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2013 Ford Escape driven by Heather M. Nichols, 43, Gypsum, was stopped turning left onto Ridge Rd from U.S. 50 three miles west of Newton.

A 2007 Chevy Cobalt driven by Courtney C. Seever, 20, Burlington, rear-ended a 2009 Dodge Caravan driven by John R. Kraft, 64, Rose Hill, and pushed it into the Ford Escape.

Nichols and passengers in the van Larry L. Nichols, 39, Sadee R. Nichols, 36, and Thomas J. Nichols, 39, all of Gypsum were transported to Newton Medical Center.

Seever and Kraft were not injured.

The occupants in the van were not wearing seat belts, according to the KHP.