RILEY COUNTY – Two Kansas teens were injured in an accident just before 6p.m. on Friday in Riley County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2002 Ford Explorer driven by Peter G. Young, 18, Overland Park, was westbound on Interstate 70 eight miles west of Kansas 177.

The SUV traveled onto the right shoulder and the driver overcorrected entering the median where the vehicle overturned.

Young and a passenger Herter, Laura E. Herter, 19, Shawnee, were transported to the hospital in Manhattan.

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