SCOTT COUNTY – Two people were injured in an accident just after 4p.m. on Tuesday in Scott County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1996 Nissan passenger car driven by Marvin W. Wyatt, 54, Scott City, was southbound on U.S. 83 at Scott County Road 40 behind a 1993 Freightliner semi driven by Henry J. Albers, 71, Oakley.

The Nissan attempted to pass the semi at it swung left and was attempting to make a right hand turn off U.S. 83 and collided with the semi’s trailer.

Wyatt and a passenger Debra A. Bell, 56, Garden City, were transported to the hospital in Scott City.

Albers was not injured.

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