MEADE COUNTY – Five people were injured in an accident just after 7 a.m. on Tuesday in Meade County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2008 Kia Optima driven by Itzel Gomez Valle, 21, Guymon, OK., was westbound on U.S. 54 one mile west of Kansas 98.

The vehicle crossed left of center and hit an eastbound 2009 Suzuki SX4 driven by Delia Bencomo, 47, Dodge City.

Gomez Valle and one passengers in the Kia Emmanuel Ponce, 3, Guymon, OK., were flown to a hospital in Wichita.

Another child in the Kia Cuauhtemuc Valenzuela, 1, Guymon, OK., was transported to Meade District Hospital.

An adult passenger in the Kia Erika Valle-Rivera, 42, Guymon, OK., was transported to Mineola District Hospital.

Bencomo was transported to the hospital in Dodge City.

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