BROWN COUNTY –Two adults and three children were injured in an accident just before 10:30 a.m. on Friday in Brown County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2008 Subaru Tribeca driven by Janel S. Carpenter, 40, Iowa City, IA, was westbound on U.S. 36 just east of 12th Street in the eastbound lane.

The Subaru hit an eastbound 2006 Dodge Dakota driven by Dustin Williams, 24, St. Joseph, MO., head-on.

Carpenter and an 9-year-old boy were transported to Hiawatha Hospital.  A 6-year-old girl and an 8-year-old boy in the Subaru were transported to Children’s Mercy.

Williams was transported to KU Medical Center.

The 9-year-old boy was not properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.