ELLSWORTH – Two people were injured in an accident just before 3:30p.m. on Tuesday in Ellsworth County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2012 Dodge pickup driven by James W. Westley, Palestine, TX., was northbound on Kansas 14 just south of Ellsworth.

The pickup stopped at the stop sign at Kansas156 and drove forward into the cross traffic and collided with a 2010 Ford Focus driven by Alison K. Helfrich, 21, Wright, going northeast on K156.

Westley and Helfrich were transported to Ellsworth County Medical Center. A passenger in the pickup was not injured.

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