SHERIDAN COUNTY — Two people were injured in an accident just before 8a.m. Wednesday in Sheridan County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2008 GMC Acadia driven by Leslea Lanelle Oelke, 31, Hoxie was eastbound on U.S. 24. The vehicle rear-ended a 2001 Dodge Ram driven by Kyler Niblock, 16, Hoxie, who was turning north four miles west of Hoxie.

Oelke and a passenger Oelke, Caleb Daniel Oelke, 6, Hoxie, were transported to the hospital in Hoxie.

Niblock and a 1-year-old in the GMC were not injured. Caleb Oelke was not properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.