Editor’s note: The story has been updated after originally receiving incorrect information from the reporting agancy.

POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY —  Two people were injured in an accident just after 1p.m.Wednesday in Pottawatomie County.

A 2008 Saturn Vue driven by Joyce Martin, 79, Wamego, was westbound on U.S. 24 turning southbound on Columbian, according to the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s office.

An eastbound 2005 Toyota Camry driven by Ethan Chege, 19, Wamego, and the Saturn collided.

Martin was airlifted to a hospital in Topeka for treatment. A passenger in the Toyota Sonia Pederson, 70, Wamego, was transported to the hospital in Manhattan. Chege was treated at the scene for minor injuries.

All three were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the sheriff’s department.