TREGO COUNTY – Two people were injured in an accident just before 10p.m. on Wednesday in Trego County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2016 Ford Explorer driven by Jessika Kathleen Shay, 36, Olympia, WA., was eastbound on Interstate 70 one mile east of WaKeeney.

The SUV hit a deer that came up out of the ditch.

Shay and a passenger Kaylyn Shay, 14, were transported to Trego County Lemeke Memorial Hospital.

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