JEFFERSON COUNTY – Three people were injured in an accident just before 3p.m. on Monday in Jefferson County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2001 Suzuki SUV driven by Joanne Therese Boschert, 30, McLouth, was northbound on Kansas16 just south of Fairmount Road.

The driver lost control of the SUV. It crossed into oncoming traffic, and hit a southbound 2014 Ford passenger car driven by David Shayne Benton, 37, Azle, TX., head on.

Boschert and a passenger Bailey Boschert, 3, McLouth, were transported to Stormont Vail. They were not wearing seat belts, according to the KHP.

Benton was transported to KU Medical Center.