ATCHISON COUNTY — One person was injured in an accident just after 10a.m. Saturday in Atchison County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2000 Chevy S-10 driven by Kieffer Preston Krier, 16, Atchison, was westbound on 286th Road five miles west of Atchison.

The vehicle rear-ended a 2017 Kia Forte driven by Jesscia L. Stirton, 20, Everest, Kansas, that had slowed for traffic.

Stirton was transported to the hospital in Atchison. Krier and a passenger in the Kia were not injured. All three were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.