ELLIS – Two people were injured in an accident just before 6 p.m. on Sunday in Ellis County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1999 Chevy passenger car driven by Alexander Shane Boswell, 21, McPherson, was traveling west bound on Interstate 70 at the K-247 exit near Ellis.

The vehicle failed to maintain the lane of traffic. It entered the north bound ditch, slid sideways, hit the embankment, and rolled.

Bowswell and a passenger Cassidy Lynn Goering, 19, McPherson, were both transported to Hays Medical Center.

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