By JONATHAN ZWEYGARDT
Hays Post

Three people were taken to the hospital, one with minor injuries, following a four-vehicle accident Monday morning in Hays.

According to Lt. Brandon Wright with the Hays Police Department, just before 8 a.m. Monday officers were called to the 100 block of West 27th for an injury accident involving multiple vehicles.

Wright said a 2015 Ford F-250 pickup, driven by Michael D. Thomason, 57, Hays was traveling eastbound on 27th Street when the pickup collided with the rear of a 2008 Nissan Titan driven by Gary M. Fagan, 72, Hays.

The collision caused a chain reaction with the Nissan running into the back of an Indian motorcycle ridden by Lambert Staab, 72, Hays, that became sandwiched between the Nissan and a 2007 Ford Edge driven by Michelle R. Dehart, 45, Hays.

According to Wright, Staab, Fagan and Dehart were all transported to Hays Medical Center. Thomason was not injured.

Staab suffered minor injuries but was released from the hospital, according to Wright.

There is a traffic signal located at 27th and Fort Street and Wright said traffic backs up in that area in the morning. The accident occurred west of the traffic signal during the busy morning commute.