(KNZA)--A two-vehicle rear-end collision on U.S. 36 Highway in Doniphan County Sunday afternoon sent an elderly Wathena couple to the hospital.

The Kansas Highway Patrol 19-year-old Agency, Missouri resident Alexandra Johnson was eastbound when her car struck the rear of a SUV driven by 80-year-old Franklin Cochran just before the Pony Express bridge causing his vehicle to leave the roadway and overturn.

Franklin Cochran and his passenger, 80-year-old Shirley Cochran, were both taken to Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph with unspecified injuries.

Johnson was not hurt.

The Patrol says all of the occupants were buckled up when the collision happened around 12:50.