JEFFERSON COUNTY –Six people were injured in an accident just before 11:30 a.m. on Friday in Jefferson County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2006 Ford Freestyle driven by Richard E. Hamm, 60, Riverside, MO., was eastbound on U.S. 24 two miles east of Perry.
A 2004 Dodge Caravan driven by Lisa M. Lawrence, 41, Olathe, rear-ended the Ford as it stopped to make a left turn.
Hamm, Lawrence and passengers in the Ford Jessica Lynn Hamm, 11 and Austin L. Hamm, 6, both of Riverside MO., and passengers in the Dodge Arelyn Marie Lawrence, 9 and Adam Michael Lawrence, 7, both of Olathe, were transported to Stormont Vail
All were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.