(KNZA)--A two-vehicle wreck Thursday morning in Atchison County sent two people to the hospital.

The Kansas Highway Patrol says it happened on U.S. 73 Highway at the intersection with 210th Road shortly after 10:30.

The Patrol says 34-year-old Leavenworth resident Carl Heugel was southbound when his car crossed the center line and struck a northbound car driven by 78-year-old Walter Koehler, of Killeen, Texas, head-on.

Heugel was transported to Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph with unspecified injuries.   

Koehler was taken to the University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas with unspecified injuries.

The Patrol says both drivers were buckled up when the wreck occurred.