MEADE COUNTY – Two people were injured in an accident just before 6a.m. on Monday in Meade County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2015 Volkswagen Jetta driven by Scott Emmanuel Chavez-Gonzales, 20, Wichita, was eastbound on U.S. 54 four miles west of Meade.

The vehicle traveled left of center and struck a 2002 Chevy Trailblazer driven by Tonya Denice Mousel, 31, Cimarron, in the westbound lane.

Chavez-Gonzales and Mousel were transported to the Meade County Hospital.

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