RILEY COUNTY – Two people were injured in an accident just before 5 p.m. on Wednesday in Riley County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2005 GMC Envoy driven by Bonnie A. Turner, 54, Joplin, MO., was westbound on Interstate 70 one mile east of the Wabaunsee-Riley county line.

The vehicle left the north side of the roadway and overturned.

Turner and a passenger Bethany Michelle Thurston, 23, Pittsburg, Kansas, were transported to Via Christi in Manhattan.

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