MERCER COUNTY —Four people were injured in an accident just before noon Friday in Mercer County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2017 Hyundai Santa Fe driven by a 33-year-old Princeton woman was eastbound on U.S. 136 five miles west of Princeton. The driver began passing a semi in a no passing zone. The Hyundai traveled into the path of a westbound 2024 Chevy Blazer driven by a 74-year-old Princeton man. The vehicles collided head-on.
Mercer County ambulance transported Hyundai driver and her 3-year-old passenger to Harrison County Community Hospital. Harrison County ambulance transported the Chevy driver and a 71-year-old passenger to Harrison County Community Hospital. All four were properly restrained, according to the MSHP. The Patrol no longer releases names of accident victims.