FORT SCOTT- A Kansas teenager was injured in an accident just after 7 a.m. on Tuesday in Bourbon County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1995 Cadillac Deville driven by Leyka Ann Yakel, 16, Fort Scott, was west bound on Kansas 7 just west of U.S. 69.

The driver braked to avoid an animal.

A 2002 Toyota Tacoma driven by Damon Charles Duren, 24, Fort Scott, rear-ended the Cadillac.

A 2014 Ford Focus driven by Angela Christine Brumback, 43, Arma, then rear-ended the Toyota.

Yakel was transported to Mercy Hospital. Brumback, Duren and a child in the Toyota were not injured.

The KHP reported all were properly restrained at the time of the accident.