JEFFERSON COUNTY —Two people were injured in an accident just after 3p.m. Thursday in Jefferson County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1995 Subaru Legacy driven by Brian Eugene Bennett, 24, Topeka, was westbound on U.S. 24 two miles east of the U.S. 59 Junction.

The vehicle crossed the center line and struck an eastbound 2002 Kia Rio driven by Cadence Elijah Nunez-Ruckman, 21, Lawrence, head-on.

Passengers in the Kia Mariah Young, 20, and Niya Ruckman, 2-months, were transported to Stormont Vail.

Bennett and Nunez-Ruckman were not injured. All were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.