ELLIS COUNTY –Two people were injured in an accident just after 7 a.m. on Saturday in Ellis County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2012 Chevy Traverse driven by Reginald D. Evans, 24, Colorado Springs, CO., was eastbound on Interstate 70 eleven miles west of Hays when the driver fell asleep.

The vehicle drifted left into median and hit and a maintenance crossover that caused the vehicle to go airborne.

The vehicle then struck the guardrail and came to rest on the guardrail and against the bridge pillar.

Evans and a passenger Shawnna Evans, 25, Colorado Springs, Co., were transported to Hays Medical Center.

Three children in the vehicle were transported to the hospital but not injured.

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