MCPHERSON COUNTY- Two people were injured in an accident just before 6p.m. on Saturday in McPherson County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2008 Chevy Equinox driven by Brooklyn M. Eaves, 21, Wichita, was southbound on Interstate 135 one mile south of Moundridge.

The Chevy rear ended a southbound 1996 Mercury Sable driven by Sierra Q. Galleher, 23, Moundridge, that was having mechanical issues and was traveling at approximately 35 miles-per-hour in the right hand lane.

The Mercury came to rest in the median and caught fire.

Galleher and a passenger Joe T. Galleher, 24, Moundridge, were transported to Newton Medical Center.

Eaves and two children in the Mercury were not injured.

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