SHAWNEE COUNTY -Two people were injured in a chain reaction motorcycle accident just before 9 a.m. Monday on Interstate 70 in Shawnee County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported six motorcycles were eastbound on Interstate 70 in the right-hand lane when one of them started to slow down as they approached Rice Road.

The bike that started to slow was struck by the motorcycle directly behind it, causing a chain-reaction collision.

Clinton Way Gunter, 65, Yuma, AZ, and James Marshall, Jr., 69,  Bruceton Mills, WV., were transported to a hospital in Topeka.

Four others including riders from Indiana and Missouri were not injured. All six were wearing helmets, according to the KHP.

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The riders are believed to have been traveling with the Run for the Wall group that left Junction City today toward their final destination of Washington, D.C.