SENECA- Two people were injured in an accident just after 6:30 p.m. on Monday in Nemeha County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by Marie Fett, 69, Marysville, was westbound U.S. 36 three miles east of Seneca,

The driver believed she fell asleep. She woke up on the shoulder, tried to steer back onto the road and over-corrected. She lost control and drove into the north ditch. The vehicle then went into the trees and rolled.

Fett and a passenger Welsey William Fett, 81, Marysville, were transported to Nemaha Valley Community Hospital.

He was not wearing a seat belt according to the KHP