TOPEKA – Five people were injured in an accident just before 6 p.m. on Wednesday in Shawnee County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2012 Volkswagen Golf driven by Hannah E. Borchers, 16, Topeka, was eastbound on Interstate 70 at Gage.

The driver hit the brakes causing a 2002 Mitsubishi Galant driven by Katrena M. Millard, 17, Topeka, to slam on the brakes.

A 2001 Chevy Malibu driven by Leetha M. Smith, 71, Hoyt, struck the rear of the Mitsubishi and pushed it into the Volkswagen.

Smith, Millard and passengers in the Mitsubishi Angela Lynn Stoneburner, 17; Dylan L. Millard, 19; Brian A. Heinrichs, 15, all of Topeka were transported to St. Francis Medical Center. Borchers was not injured.

The KHP reported Dylan L. Millard and Smith were not wearing seat belts.