BARTON COUNTY –Two people from Russell were injured in an accident just after 8:30p.m. on Saturday in Barton County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1997 Toyota Avalon driven by Jonathan A. Mikail, 38, Kansas City, was northbound on U.S. 281 four miles west and ten miles north of Hoisington.

The Toyota hit a deer that in the roadway.

The deer was thrown into the windshield of a southbound 2008 Chevy Silverado driven by Arthur R. Budig, 49, Russell,

Budig and a passenger Stephanie A. Budig, 43, Russell, were transported to Clara Barton Hospital.

Mikail and two additional passengers in the Silverado were not injured.

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