GRAY COUNTY— Four people were injured in an accident just after 2p.m. Thursday in Gray County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by Nicolas Rouse, 30, Cimarron, was westbound on U.S. 50 three miles west of Kansas 23 following an unknown vehicle.

The unknown vehicle swerved to miss a 2002 Chevy Silverado that was stalled in the passing lane.

The Jeep rear-ended the Silverado injuring Federico Ibarra, 55, Wichita, and Ramon Parga, 38, Sedgwick, standing in front of the pickup.

Ibarra, Parga and a passenger in the Chevy Santiago Castillo, 64, Sedgwick, were transported to the hospital in Dodge City.  Rouse was transported to the hospital in Garden City.  Parga and Rouse were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.